April 5, 2012 - A decree issued by Austria’s agricultural and environmental ministry has declared that, as of March 28 2012, certain region-typical quality wines from the Burgenlandstarting with the vintage 2011 can be released on the market under the appellation Neusiedlersee DAC. While the Neusiedlersee DAC is now the eighth Austrian appellation withDAC status, it is also the first DAC [...]

March 28, 2012 - Be it from the Austrian Marchfeld or from the Tyrol, asparagus is the Austrians’ favourite seasonal vegetable and a class of its own. Wine connoisseurs and asparagus lovers have known it for a long time, and the inquisitive type found out first: The right wine accompanying asparagus makes the short-termed pleasure an exceptional springtime [...]

March 23, 2012 - After a short dry spell due to the rather low quantities of recent vintages the Austrian vintage 2011 presents itself with elegantly balanced white wines and reds from perfectly ripened grapes. With the pickings for the last ice wines at the beginning of February 2012, the harvest of 2011, which finally replenished empty Austrian cellars with [...]

In case you haven’t seen, #MarcMad is the wine business’s answer to March Madness. Last year’s conference focused on varieties (Grüner Veltliner was beaten out by Riesling, but that was solely a popularity contest… either way, we support it,) but this year’s conference focuses on wine regions – Old World vs. New World and regions [...]