Hey there! We’ve redirected our blog to blog.peripheriquewine.com. We've been down for a couple of days but everything’s up and running just fine and we’re ready to bring you more great wine and food awesomeness from our luxurious home office here in the Tendernob! Oh, and just one more PSA before one last set of photos and some finals thought on Vievinum 2010. Beth has been hard at work on the périphériquewine site and it’s looking really swell so please check out the latest design with many more improvements to follow!

Thanks for hanging in there while I’ve worked through all my pics, vids, and notes, from my trip to Austria in May. This was a really incredible trip and I’d like to give a great big thanks to Erin and Seth @Emerald Wines and the Austrian Wine Marketing Board for making it happen! Both groups are amazing, dedicated, and passionate about spreading the word of the exceptional wines coming from Austria. I’m more energized now than ever to sell and promotes these wines here in the U.S.

Off to taste some really great SuperToscano with Cinzia and Le Macchiole and my friends from @DomaineSelect  at Quince Restaurant! Can’t wait to post on this tomorrow!

 

Winegrowing in Vienna is significant with 700 hectares planted within its city limits. That was just a nugget of sommelier trivia until I visited the Nussberg vineyard at the northern edge of the city with the team from Winebow in May. The Nussberg and Bisamberg vineyards are the two best vineyard sites in the city and both have multiple growers. Riesling, Gruner Veltliner, Pinot Blanc, and Chardonnay are all grown here. But for me, the most interesting and compelling of these wines is the traditional field blend known as Gemischter Satz, where the above mentioned varietals are picked and co-fermented together. No grower is more famous than Fritz Wieninger who promotes all Viennese wines with the same enthusiasm as he does his own wines and his family's heurige.

Fritz's heurige is a really good time. The food and atomospere are great and his wines are first class.

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