United States of Blaufränkisch (3) Austria
Austria has more examples of Blaufränkisch in this selection than any other country, and this is fair, because it has
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Blaufrankisch
United States of Blaufränkisch (2) Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Germany
The second part of this epic tasting of Blaufränkisch takes me to Slovakia, Slovenia, Czechia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Germany. Some
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United States of Blaufränkisch – a deep dive into this amazing red grape variety (1) 25 examples from Hungary
Blaufränkisch is a grape variety on the rise. It has only come to prominence in recent years, for a range
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Highlights: Sommer Blaufränkisch 2020 Leithaberg, Burgenland, Austria
Website: https://weingut-sommer.at/en I’ve been impressed with the wines from Leo Sommer in the past: https://wineanorak.com/2024/11/28/sommer-beautiful-low-intervention-wines-from-austrias-leithaberg-region/ I had this last night
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Highlights: Kolonia 52 Bleu de Hongrie 2023 Balaton, Hungary
This is a really interesting Hungarian red, made from Kekfrankos, aka Blaufränkisch. The name translates as Hungarian Blue (it’s French)
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Weingut Rosi Schuster, with Hannes Schuster, who’s making some of Austria’s best wines
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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Slovenia: Šuklje, taking Blaufränkisch to new levels in Bela Krajina
Slovenia’s eastern region of Bela Krajina (pronounced ‘bella cry-ner’) is small and beautiful. The vineyards blend into the landscape, with
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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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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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Highlights: Red Tail Ridge ‘Frost Smoke’ Blau Franc Blend 2021 Finger Lakes
I’m in Syracuse at a wine conference (Bev NY 2023) and I had a free night, so I went into
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