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Heinrich: beautiful naturally inclined wines from Austria’s Burgenland region

December 8, 2025December 8, 2025 jamiegoode 602 Views Natural wine

Heinrich is one of Austria’s most interesting producers. Based in Burgenland, they successfully negociated a style change in 2014 and

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Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025 jamiegoode 1953 Views Blaufrankisch, Burgenland, Furmint

Website: https://www.rosischuster.at/en/ Hannes Schuster is based in Sankt Margarethen on the western shores of Lake Neusiedlersee. Most of his vineyards

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Projekt Wildtyp: natural wines from Burgenland, Austria, by an ex-scientist

September 16, 2025 jamiegoode 1443 Views Burgengland, Natural wine

Website: https://www.projektwildtyp.at/en This is a new winery, now in it’s fifth year. Boris Kovacic was an academic working in microbiology

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Slovenia: visiting Tement and Domaine Ciringa, where Austria and Slovenia meet.

June 30, 2025June 30, 2025 jamiegoode 1980 Views

Website: https://www.tement.at/en/ Tement is an important producer in Austrian Styria, but their cellar in Zierreg is right on the border

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Umathum: serious wines from Austria’s Burgenland region

April 15, 2025December 2, 2025 jamiegoode 2263 Views Burgenland

Website: https://www.umathum.at/en/ Umathum is based in the Burgenland region of Austria. They are located on the east side of Lake

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Claus Preisinger, natural wine hero from Gols in Austria’s Burgenland

January 31, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2179 Views Blaufrankisch, Burgen

Claus Preisinger’s began making his own wine in 2002 while working as an assistant winemaker with Hans Nittnaus. His state-of-the-art

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Karin Lautner: an interesting new producer in Austria’s Burgenland region

January 19, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 1878 Views Natural wine

Katrin works with Franz Weninger (previously she worked with Markus Altenburger), and this is her weekend project. She rents a

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Christian Tschida, one of Austria’s natural wine stars

January 14, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 3302 Views Natural wine

Christian Tschida is based in Illmitz, a village on the east shore of Lake Neusiedlersee. He’s one of the champions

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BLAU: a special exploration into the world of Blaufränkisch

January 8, 2025September 28, 2025 jamiegoode 2175 Views Blaufrankisch

This was an interesting tasting, with some of the most interesting Blaufränkisch producers, all of who are imported into the

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Eisenberg Masterclass: Welschriesling and Bläufrankisch from this special region in Austria’s Burgenland

December 12, 2024July 4, 2025 jamiegoode 2874 Views

Website: https://www.eisenberg-dac.at/en/home/ This is a small 505 hectare region in the east corner of Burgenland, in the most southerly part

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Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer – comparing 2024 and 2014 vintages
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Kumeu River, New Zealand’s most celebrated Chardonnay producer – comparing 2024 and 2014 vintages

December 21, 2025December 21, 2025 jamiegoode

Website: https://kumeuriver.co.nz/ Michael Brajkovic was in town to show the latest releases of Kumeu River’s Chardonnays, from the 2024 vintage.

Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance
California Features Latest 

Anthill Farms Winery: Californian elegance

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode
The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry
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The wine aisles at Lidl are depressing if you care about the wine industry

December 20, 2025 jamiegoode
Aldeia de Cima, Alentejo
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The wines of Aldeia de Cima, an exciting project in Portugal’s Alentejo

December 18, 2025December 18, 2025 jamiegoode

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