Claus Preisinger, natural wine hero from Gols in Austria’s Burgenland
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
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
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
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
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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Alternative Austria: a seminar on natural wines from some of Austria’s most exciting producers
Austrian Alternative wines with Aleks Zecevic, as part of Alberg Weinberg 2024 Alex was 19 when he got into wine,
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Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc from Austria: a study
This tasting was part of the Arlberg Weinberg, and was led by Willi Balanjuk and Daniela Dejnega. Of the 44
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Sommer: beautiful low-intervention wines from Austria’s Leithaberg region
Website: https://weingut-sommer.at/ Sommer are based in Leithaberg, in Burgenland, Austria, where they have 30 hectares of vines. Next generation Leo
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Electric Styria: a tasting and discussion about this exciting wine region
Websites: https://www.wachstumkoenig.at/ *** https://www.neumeister.cc/en/ *** https://www.vinogross.com/ One of the exciting wine stories in recent years is the emergence of a
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Video: side events of Karakterre 13, a natural wine festival held in Burgenland, Austria, May 2024
As part of the Karakterre 2024 festival, along with a group of sommeliers and wine people from the US and
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