Hi everyone, I'm new to the group and excited to be part of the
discussions. I love exploring wines and small boutique wineries. I'm
planning a fall wine tasting trip in the southwest. Any suggestions
on must visit wineries.

rozili wrote:
> Hi everyone, I'm new to the group and excited to be part of the
> discussions. I love exploring wines and small boutique wineries. I'm
> planning a fall wine tasting trip in the southwest. Any suggestions
> on must visit wineries.

If you're talking about the American Southwest, my favorite winery would
be Gruet in Albuquerque, hands down. Their "winery" is a tasting room
set in an industrial park, but their wines more than make up for the
lack of ambience.

Mark Lipton

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Mike Tommasi > writes:

> Mark Lipton wrote:
> > rozili wrote:
> >> Hi everyone, I'm new to the group and excited to be part of the
> >> discussions. I love exploring wines and small boutique wineries. I'm
> >> planning a fall wine tasting trip in the southwest. Any suggestions
> >> on must visit wineries.
> > If you're talking about the American Southwest, my favorite winery
> > would
> > be Gruet in Albuquerque, hands down. Their "winery" is a tasting room
> > set in an industrial park, but their wines more than make up for the
> > lack of ambience.
>
> If you're talking about the French Southwest, my favourite wineries
> would be the Jurançon wines of Uroulat (Charles Hours) and Domaine de
> Souch (Yvonne Hegoburu).

And if you are talking about the Canadian southwest, you might try Quail's
Gate, Laughing Stock, Black Hills, Burrowing Owl and Osoyoos in the
Okanagan valley.

Mike Tommasi > wrote:

> If you're talking about the French Southwest, my favourite
> wineries would be the Jurançon wines of Uroulat (Charles Hours)
> and Domaine de Souch (Yvonne Hegoburu).
>
> Next:
> ...
> Austria?

Don't get politics in here. There's no wine in Austria's Southwest
-- unless you take Südtirol/Alto Adige as Austria's Southwest ;-)

M.

Then, in the SW of Sweden, there is the Nangijala winery - high prices,
questionable quality - a definite winner

Cheers

Nils

"Nils Gustaf Lindgren" > wrote:

> Then, in the SW of Sweden, there is the Nangijala winery - high
> prices, questionable quality - a definite winner

In Vienna's Southwest, the two top producers are Michael Edlmoser
and Richard Zahel, both members of "WienWein" (= "ViennaWine"), a
quartet of top growers. Fritz Wieninger and Rainer Christ, both
located in the Northwest of the city on the left bank of the
Danube, are the other two.

M.

Mike Tommasi > wrote:

> In the SW of Slovenia, the Slovenska Istra, I would
> recommend Santomas for his refošk.

I like "his" for "Santomas", the name of the Koper
cooperative ... ;-)

M.

"rozili" > skrev i melding
...
> Hi everyone, I'm new to the group and excited to be part of the
> discussions. I love exploring wines and small boutique wineries. I'm
> planning a fall wine tasting trip in the southwest. Any suggestions
> on must visit wineries.
You should see the Dr. Heger winery in Kaiserstuhl. The volcanic soil of
that area and the warmer climate of Baden in southwestern Germany is pretty
favourable for Pinot Gris which the locals call Grauburgunder.
Anders