Reading an Austrian Gruner Veltliner label can be a bit confusing. In the tasting notes below, the star rating and vintage are followed, in order, by the producer's name, the vineyard or proprietary ...

Grüner Veltliner pairs beautifully with food. So why did this onetime sommeliers' darling fall so far out of favor? Lettie Teague goes to Austria to find out. New York-based Lettie Teague is a ...

Where is it written that a bottle of wine must be 750ml? Well the answer, roughly, is found in U.S. law, which decreed such a measure when the government tried fitfully to convert the country to the ...

On the world stage, Austria shares at least one thing with Canada besides mountains and snow. Both inhabit the shadow of a mighty neighbour. For Austria, that means Germany. There's considerable ...

THE business of importing Austrian wines is small and personal. If the wine makes it to the shelf of an American wine shop, it has almost always been selected with care. The wines below (with one ...

Just when we’ve become comfortable with the pronunciation and flavors of chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, viognier and roussanne someone suggests a gruner veltliner (grew-ner velt-LEENER). Some may ask, ...

It’s March, spring arrives soon, and we’re already thinking about what we’ll be drinking this season. We prefer to choose wines that pair best with our meals, and our food choices often lighten as the ...

Until about 20 years ago, Grüner Veltliner was considered just another obscure wine grape — assuming people even knew the others. The trajectory of this white wine tilted upward in the late 20th ...

Ever since wine has been made in California, producers have planted French varietals, primarily Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Other French varietals such as Pinot Noir and Syrah have been ...

It’s not Chardonnay yet in terms of recognition or sales volume. But Grüner Veltliner has built its own niche across the mid-Atlantic, with a handful of wineries excelling with it and others seeing ...