Julia Harding

Oct 8, 2023 | jancisrobinson.com | Julia Harding |Paula Sidore

Our fourth report on the wines shown at the 2023 ÖTW Single Vineyard Summit. See also Paula and Julia’s reviews of ÖTW Grüner Veltliner and of Riesling and other white varieties, as well as Julia’s report on the reds and her take on the Erste Lage debate. Up next: Steiermark. Above: Paula's Dürnstein workspace. Julia writes The final day of Austria’s Single Vineyard Summit was given over to the Vinea Wachau, as it was last year for the first time.

Oct 2, 2023 | jancisrobinson.com | Julia Harding |Paula Sidore

Rieslings from ÖTW estates tasted at the annual Single Vineyard Summit at Schloss Grafenegg. Also included here are whites from varieties other than Riesling and Grüner Veltliner. See Julia’s report on the reds and on the Erste Lage debate, as well as Paula and Julia’s review of Grüner Veltliner. Still to come: the wines of the Wachau and Steiermark. Photo of Kremstal's Grillenparz vineyard above courtesy of Austrian Wine/WSNA.

Sep 27, 2023 | jancisrobinson.com | Paula Sidore |Julia Harding

Grüner Veltliner wines from ÖTW estates tasted at the annual Single Vineyard Summit at Schloss Grafenegg (above). See Julia’s report on the reds here, and stay tuned for reports on Riesling, and the wines of Wachau and Steiermark. Paula writes When it comes to vintages, think of 2021 as the Goldilocks vintage: never too much, never too little. Everything needed was doled out in just the right amounts.

Sep 27, 2023 | jancisrobinson.com | Julia Harding

Austrian winegrowers may be focused on the harvest but the new law has given them plenty to think about. Above, Michael Moosbrugger at this year's Single Vineyard Summit at Schloss Grafenegg. In August this year, Austria’s Minister of Agriculture and Forestry signed the Wine Law Collective Decree, laying the basis for a legal recognition of the terms Erste Lage and Grosse Lage, terms equivalent to premier and grand cru, respectively.

Sep 25, 2023 | jancisrobinson.com | Julia Harding

Red wines from Carnuntum, Leithaberg and Eisenberg. The first in a series of articles by Julia and Paula reporting on the Single Vineyard Summit, a week-long tasting of wines from named vineyards in Austria. Above, the Rosenberg vineyard in Carnuntum (courtesy Weingut Markowitsch). The Austrians have in the last few years pulled off a staggering feat: mapping every one of the country’s named vineyards, Rieden in German (Ried in the singular), hence Riedenkarte.