Austria has long been a wineproducing country of Riesling and to that end it is among those countries considered to be above others in their flavors and character, but it wasn’t until this past summer that we joined Paul Grieco and the Summer of Riesling team on their never-ending quest to promote all things Riesling. […]

Last week marked the biggest celebration of Austrian Riesling in the US to date spanning across two major cities, Chicago and New York, and several days in the Summer of Riesling’s Ode to Austria festival! During that time we paired cheese from the famed Murray’s Cheese Shop with several flights of Austrian Riesling at Hearth, paraded down the […]

The Official Ode to Austria by Paul Grieco, Overlord of Riesling A is for acid, acid, acid…a clean, fresh acidity that allows the fruit of the Riesling fruit to radiate and the terroir to scream U is for the urgestein soil, the family of metamorphic rock that Mother Earth spewed from her womb S is for Sisi aka […]

In just a few days, Austrian Wine Queen, Elisabeth Hirschbüchler, will land on US soil for the first time! During her time here she will take on two of US major cities by storm: NYC and Chicago for the Ode to Austria festivities in conjunction with the Summer of Riesling. The Austrian Wine Queen competition […]