The 2012 Weingut Angerhof Tschida Grüner Veltliner Eiswein is an ice wine from the Burgenland region in Eastern Austria. Burgenland is Austria’s key red wine region ( the main grapes being Blaufrankisch and and Zweigelt). But sweet, primarily botrytized, wines are also a specialty of the region. This wine is a rarity. That’s because ice wine of Grüner Veltliner doesn’t often come…
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A Taste of Grüner Veltliner; Old World and New World #winePW
Wine Pairing Weekend is a group of bloggers who are passionate about the way good wine enhances a meal. On the second Saturday of each month we come together to blog about a chosen food and wine pairing theme. The theme this month is Grüner Veltliner; In The Glass And At The Table. About Grüner Veltliner…
Wine Pairing Weekend Explores Grüner Veltliner; In The Glass And At The Table
David B. Crowley of Cooking Chat kicked-off Wine Pairing Weekend in June 2014. On the second Saturday of each month, a group of bloggers who are passionate about the way good wine enhances a meal come together to blog about a wine pairing they have done. Each month has a different Wine Pairing Weekend theme to…
What I’ve learned tasting 30 Sparkling Wines In 30 Weeks..
I’ve been drinking sparkling wine on a weekly basis since February, and blogging about it in my “T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like…” series. During that time, I’ve tasted sparkling wines from not only the usual suspects, France, California, Spain, and Italy, but also countries that aren’t “top of mind” when it comes to bubbly like…
T.G.I.F. Champagne and the like – 2005 Nigl Brut de Brut
Have you tried Austrian Sparkling Wine?