Products tagged with Gruner Veltliner

The Bauer family are legends in the Austrian winemaking scene – and now it’s Norbert’s turn. Done in stainless steel with a short maceration on the skins, producing the perfect balance of freshness and mineral complexity. Hard to believe this wine comes o

This wine spends six months on not only the skins, but also the leaves of the grapes. Cool! Earthy and wild, with green tea notes and some subtle apricot fruit as well. Petr began farming his family’s old vines in 2006, with the goal of crafting minimal i

Georg Schmeltzer is a 4th generation winemaker in Gols, a commune near the Hungarian border in Neusiedlersee. His experience, combined with a natural wine philosophy, makes for tasty and fun wines; and yet there’s a structure and purity that hints at the

3-4 days of maceration impart some texture to this wine, along with 6 months lees aging. Lively and lush, with citrus undertones and white flowers. Judith took over from her parents in 2001 and has since converted to biodynamics.

“Illahe” means earth, place or soil in the local Chinook language. So, basically, terroir. This Grüner, from the southern end of the Willamette Valley, has a generous weight to it. The acacia barrels impart delicate lavendar-like aromas and a beautiful, v

This delicious orange is aged a full two months on the skins in stainless steel, imparting a balance of structure and purity. It’s lithe, fresh and spritely. A touch of tangerine fruit, earth, and classic green herbs. The Bauer family is in conversion to

Theodora is one of the children in Gut Oggau’s alternate reality of personified wines. She’s impudent yet elegant, and the prankster of the set. As far as actual wine stats are concerned, these grapes are grown on a mix of gravel and limestone, imparting

Nadja and Andrej are crafting natural wines just the two of them in Andrej’s hometown of Sväty Jur. Amaro-esque herbs start out on the nose, with orange rind and dill, giving way to dandelion greens and light citrus fruits on the palate.

Volker Donabaum has been around wine since childbirth, growing up on the Donabaum family estate in the Wachau. Now his personal project, based in Burgenland, is producing classically profiled Grüner. Green herbs are complimented by bright acid and subtle

Lustig means funny or whimsical in German and is a good description for this wine. While it does show character, it is light-hearted and easy going down. The time the wine spends in contact with the lees gives it a beautiful richness and rounded mouth-fee