Tag: austria

Red

Hidden Vineyards Zweigelt

Hidden Vineyards Zweigelt paired with Roasted Vegetable Pizza
December 4, 2019

It was one of those nights where there was so much to do that having to think about dinner just seemed too hard. That’s right! It was frozen pizza night! I’m really digging the fact that you can get cauliflower pizza crust in the frozen section of so many stores now. Making my own at home was one of my least favorite things to cook. This was a totally new wine for me this week. I had never even heard of Zweigelt before, so I was eager to learn more. Named for it’s creator, Professor Fritz Zweigelt, this grape was…

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White

Hermann Moser Grüner Veltliner

December 4, 2017

This week marked what would be my second Austrian Grüner Veltliner wine. I noted how the bottles seemed so similar. Both were white wines with just a hint of green tint and this tint was accentuated by another white label with green designs. From my previous research, I learned that Grüner Veltliner pairs well with spicy food, so I prepared a spicy noodle dish to enjoy with this wine specifically. It combined sweet potato noodles with spicy sausage and a tomato-based sauce along with a few additional herbs and spices. The Hermann Moser winery is managed by a husband and…

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White

Pratsch Grüner Veltliner

November 12, 2017

I was extra excited for this week. I would be trying my first Grüner Veltliner. A few days before I had read an article from Wine Folly * about this varietal and it really got me amped to try this wine. This would also be my first wine from Austria. I did a little research into the Pratsch winery before trying this wine, since I knew nothing about Austrian wines. I discovered that this particular winery was an organically certified winery and had been since the early 1990s. The main wine and most popular wine from the Pratsch winery is…

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