TN: Weinviertel and Burgundy

I gotta find me one of these some day... I saw a number of GVs in liter format in Berkeley over the holidays, but no Hofer, alas :(

Do you recall my note on this wine from the holidays? I was struck with how light in body and color it was, but it was a very appealing wine.

Mark Lipton

If you would cite the bottlers, I could comment on their general quality standing.

M.

Michael Pronay wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@pronay.com:

Now that you mention, I had a bottle of Hackl Grüner Veltliner 2008 which I thought was nice, but was not able to find a single reference on the producer on the internet. They also make a Zweigelt that reminded me of a Beaujolais Nouveau with some residual sugar. Interesting wine (that is now been part of a chicken recipe, BTW).

Any reference on this producer?

s.

Sorry, Michael. I wish that I could recall the producers, a few of whom were familiar to me (Huber, maybe?) but it was too long ago and I only looked at them for a minute.

Mark Lipton

A first name and the location would be helpful.

M.

Anyhow, just give them a try: The producers that export to the US are in general top-level.

M.

Michael Pronay wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@pronay.com:

Sorry: Klaus Hackl - Niederösterreich?

s.

Oh, that's extremely interesting. Originally (and still his main job) is something in the advertising/publishing/printig field. He's a newcomer to winegrowing, but an absolute sherry aficionado & connoisseur: he even went to Sanlúcar to live there for a year and a half and knows just about anybody in this business.

He has written a book about Sherry (in German), but is still looking for a publisher ... :-(

I've read a few articles he wrote back in 2006/7 on the website of the Vienna daily newspaper "Der Standard": excellent.

Unfortunately, I have never met him in person, nor have I tasted his wines. AFAIK he's also a Weinakademiker (= WSET diploma), so his wines should at least be decent.

M.

Which is how I got to his bottles. A friend with a deep interest in Sherry got some bottles and I got to try them.

Bad times for writers. The leading wine magazine in Spain (Sibaritas) has just retire from the market.

I thought they were well made, but found them lacking a bit on character. I am not an expert in Grüner Veltliner or Zweigelt anyway.

s.

Well, what Klaus Hackl says (for Veltliner) is that he knows the wine is only middle class, but that's all what this type of terroir is able to produce.

M.