Monday, September 26, 2011

Austrian sweet wines

Austria is a land of natural sweet wines.   Their sweet wines are found on almost every good wine list, are appreciated by wine experts and highly acclaimed by journalists. Several worldwide famous wineries are coming from this country. What are so special on their wines? Region, like usually. Neusiedl Lake (Neusiedler see) makes a special conditions for nearby vineyards, hot temperature during the daytime and wet air influencing grapes during the night. Because of these conditions, it's easy to get a noble rot on the grapes. This fundus dry out the water out of grapes and make the rest liquid more concentrated than usual.

The best Austria's specialists on natural sweet wines:



Kracher - http://www.kracher.com/
Kracher's family is strongly rooted in Illmitz, at Austria´s Lake Neusiedl. Alois Kracher Sr. made great sweet wines from noble rotten grapes long before everyone else began to discover them.


Hans Tschida - http://www.angerhof-tschida.at/
This winery is a family-based, resident in Illmitz and producing the best sweet wines in Austria. Hans Tschida obtained an award  Sweet Wine Maker of the Year 2010,  Len Evans Trophy „for consistent performance over the past five years“ and Alois Kracher Trophy for Champion Sweet Wine. 


Steindorfer - http://www.weingut-steindorfer.at/
Another family-based winery. This one is situated in Apetlon. Their sweet wines belong to the best. Almost every sweet wine was awared on international competition.



Willi Opitz - http://www.willi-opitz.at/
The Willi Opitz Winery only started in 1995 but in these few years of their history it was able to receive a lot of success with their wines all over the world. You can find their wines at the Vodafone McLaren Formula One Team too.





Scheiblhofer - http://scheiblhofer.at/
The Weingut Scheiblhofer is situated in Andau. Andau has the most hours of sun and highest temperatures in the country and is know as the hotspot of Austria. Over 40 ha makes them one of the biggest wineries in Burgenland.

1 comment:

  1. Sweet wine is something that can drink everyone. sweet wine is good in taste & i think sweet wine is best for beginners. there are different type of sweet wines available sweet red wine & sweet white wine is easy available.
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