Meet the Austrians at the Real Wine Fair 2017
The Real Wine Fair is pleased to welcome a host of great growers from Austria for our 2017 event. Austrian wines are establishing a reputation throughout the world for their…
Chatting with: Franz Strohmeier
Franz Strohmeier makes wine in what is considered the most difficult, yet also the most historic, region of Austria: West Styria. A true steward of the land, Strohmeier's relentless TLC in…
The Pyrenees Go to Austria: The Final Day – Michael Andert & Judith Beck
 Breakfast in the vines with Michael Andert Michael Andert was born into a large family and grew up on a farm with mixed agriculture, livestock and viticulture. He learned to…
The Pyrenees Go to Austria: Day 4 â Andreas Tscheppe
Dragonflies, Stag Beetles, Salamanders and Butterflies Andreas Tscheppe is part of the Styrian quintet of vignerons called Schmeck das Leben (Taste of Life). He has small vineyard parcels in a…
The Pyrenees Go to Austria: Day 3 – Sepp Muster
We arrived at Sepp and Maria Musterâs beautiful house in Leutschach, southern Styria in the early evening with the weather just beginning to turn. The vineyards were in fine fettle.…
The Pyrenees Go to Austria: Day 1 – Kamptal
It is very rare that we have the opportunity to take the whole sales team to a country to meet and spend time with all of our growers. This then…
Doug Decants: A trio of Kiwis, Rare Rosé, & The Pyrenees Go to Austria
A rosĂ© is not just for Midsummerâs Eve... 3 perky pinks for all year and all time I donât know why rosĂ© is always viewed as the Molly Ringwald of…
Doug’s Decants
Keep your eyes on the wines: 2014 Vin de France, Melonix, Jo Landron This is Melon ++. Melon as in Muscadet. But with a natural malolactic and no sulphur added.…
Austria and Oregon: random thoughts on recent buying trips. Part 2
Generalization is necessary to the advancement of knowledge; but is particularly indispensable to the creations of the imagination. In proportion as men know more and think more they look less…
Austria and Oregon: random thoughts on recent buying trips
Part One â Roots âOur native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget.â --The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the…