Austria/Hungary Areas

  • Kamptal

    Austria has made its name in the UK in recent years with Gruner Veltliner, its own distinctive grape variety. Kamptal is its homeland and along with Riesling the region makes some excellent dry wines on sites very similar to the Wachau. (CW 23/01/12)

  • Wachau

    There are as many ideals in vineyard terroirs as any category of life and the Wachau is pretty close to ideal. With its slopes, its river (Danube) and ever changing air currents, its continental climate with big diurnal temperature swings, it can hardly fail to produce wines with freshness and depth. It is no coincidence that the region is filled with many of Austria`s best producers. (CW 23/01/...

  • Neusiedlersee

    Almost on the Hungarian border and on the same latitude as Tokaj it cannot be surprising that here you will find some of Austria`s best sweet wines as well as some very good reds. The secret lies in the lake which as with any body of water has an effect of both increasing light intensity and regulating temperature. (CW 23/01/12)

  • Tokaj

    Tokaj is the place, Tokaji is the wine of that place. The local grape variety is Furmint and though you`ll see dry wines made from this it is the botrytis affected whites that are the renowned style. Here the key word to look for on the label is Puttonyos, with 5 or 6 in front of it. Although wines like Sauternes are also made with selected botrytis affected fruit, in Tokaj the rotten fruit is...

  • Valais

  • Weinviertel