austrian tasting

Two thousand years of winemaking history in Austria counted for little when, in the mid-1980s, the adulteration scandal essentially destroyed the market for Austrian wines.

However, this could have been the industry’s saving grace. Whilst it took a decade to recover from the short term collapse, the country started to focus on other wine types, predominantly dry white. New regulations restricted yields, which increased quality and prevented the previous quality issues that bulk production had encouraged. 

Austria now produces some of the finest wines in the world, and Terry Kandylis, our Head Sommelier, will be guiding Members through a selection of some of the country’s best having just returned from a trip to this stunning wine-making country…

We will taste:

2015 Welschriesling, Christoph Wachter-Wiesler  
2011 Riesling Smaragd, Kellerberg, Domäne Wachau  
2012 Riesling, Zöbinger Heiligenstein, Weingut Bründlmayer  
2016 Grüner Veltliner, ‘Spitzer Graben’, Weingut Martin Muthenthaler   
2012 Grüner Veltliner, Pfaffenberg, Weingut Rainer Wess   
2016 Rotgipfler, Weingut Johanneshof Reinisch  
2016 Sauvignon Blanc, Kitzecker, Weingut Wohlmuth  
2013 Rot, ‘Joschuari’, Gut Oggau   
2011 Blaufränkisch, Neckenmarkt, Alte Reben, Weingut Moric   
2012 St. Laurent, Goldberg, Claus Preisinger   
2014 Zweigelt, Feiler-Artinger  
2013 Pinot Noir, Reserve, Schloss Gobelsburg