• me sitting at a table with a bottle of balufränkisch wine
    Austria

    A Beginner’s Guide To Blaufränkisch Wine

    Blaufränkisch, my favourite grape variety in Austria! You can definitely see me smiling up there, knowing I’ll soon be enjoying a Blaufränkisch wine! So let me tell you all I know about this grape variety. Blaufränkisch was first mentioned in 1862 at a wine exhibition in Vienna under the name Lemberger, but it was not officially renamed Blaufränkisch until 1875.…

  • Leithaberg wines - picture of vines
    Austria

    Leithaberg wines

    The wine styles in Burgenland are diverse from red wine to which exceptional sweet wines. This is mainly due to Burgenland’s terroir. For instance, the sweet wines are produced around the lake due to factors like shallow water, autumn mists, and noble rot.. However, the slopes of Leithaberg, Eisenberg, and Mittelburgenland, with their limestone, clay, and schist soils which provide…