The Austria Uncorked 2012 tour starts today in Toronto for qualified trade and press during the day and passionate wine consumers in the evening. If you haven’t registered for the trade portion yet, it’s not too late! Simply bring a business card to the event with you!Each event features hundreds of wines from Austria’s top producers, a [...]
Latest Vintage
Neusiedlersee DAC released on the market
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 [...]
A plus in pleasure: Asparagus & Wine
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 [...]
The Austrian Vintage 2011 – good wines, good quantities
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 [...]
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