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(winemonger) wrote:

> Are any Austrian vintners making wine with Frühroter Veltliner?

Quite many, among the better known Ludwig Hiedler. Being a rather
light variety with little profoundness, early ripening (on the
vine as in the bottle), little ageing ability and rather low
acidity, most is vinified as primeur, i.e. wines that come onto
the market as early as November after the harvest. This campaign,
called "Junge Österreicher" (young Austrians) by the Austria Wine
Marketing Board who started it some 10 years ago, is Austria's
successful answer to Beaujolais Nouveau.

M.