Bill Spohn wrote:
I was looking at another one - Grüner Veltliner 'Smaragd' 2001
Wachau, Freie Weingartener Wachau.

Does anyone have any info on this one? Michael?


Hi Bill,

I'm definitely no Michael, but I've had good experience with Freie
Weingärtner Wachau's 2001 Riesling Smaragd. I'd suppose the Grüner
Veltliner will be good as well.

FWIW, the Freie Weingärtner Wachau are a co-op in the Wachau area. I'd
also expect some kind of identification of the origin of the grapes on
the label, i.e. "Terrassen Thal Wachau" (or something like that) for a
generic Wachau wine or the name of the vineyard for a single vineyard
wine. Or maybe the Wachau on the label denotes the generic Wachau area,
then.

Cheers,

-Topi Kuusinen, Finland