December 3, 2010

The Drinks Business - Opportunity knocks for Austrian reds

The Drinks Business - Opportunity knocks for Austrian reds: "While the estate is just five minutes drive from the Hungarian town of Sopron, home of the variety in its guise as Kekfrankos, Kirnbauer marked a distinction in the approach to vinification. “Their technology and wood is not so elegant,” he claimed, also noting the stronger influence Sopron feels from the Neusiedlersee. However, he added: “We have more in common with these wines than with Blaufränkisch from Leithaberg in the north of Austria, where the granite gives completely different soil.”

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