These legendary wine shops, which are sometimes also wine bars, with a traditional Austrian ambiance are run by Viennese wine growers.
Archive for December, 2009
Vienna’s Heurigen – enjoying great wines casually
Posted in Austria, Wine tasting & restaurants, tagged Austrian wine, cuvée, Gruner Veltliner, Heurigen, Heuriger Steinklammer, Vienna's heurigen, Wine tasting & restaurants on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tokaj: the treasure of Hungary
Posted in Hungary, Wine tasting & restaurants, tagged Budapest, Hungarian wine, Isztván Szepsy, Présház wine store Budapest, Royal Tokai Asyú 2005, The Wine Spectator Top 100 wines in 2009, Tigris restaurant Budapest, Tokai Aszú, Tokaji Aszú Esszencia, Tokaji wine, Tokay on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The name Tokay is used by French for wines made from Pinot Gris, so it is often being misused for the sweet wines from the region of Tokaj in Hungary.
Tasting port at Sandeman in Douro Valley in Portugal
Posted in Portugal: Douro Valley, Videos, Wine tasting & restaurants, tagged Douro Valley, port, port wine, Portugal, Sandeman, tasting port, Videos on December 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Greek wine
Posted in Greece, Wine tasting & restaurants, tagged Assyrtiko, Bacchus, Dionysus, Gaia winery, god of wine, Greek wine, wine from Santorini on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…there are over 300 indigenous grape varieties in Greece!
I have tried Assyrtiko from one of the Aegean islands Santorini…

