Hi all! Two of the vintners from wineries we import will be doing some
show & tell (pour & tell) at a wine shop in San Francisco. The wines
they will be pouring a
Donabaum Loibner Garden Gruner Veltliner Smaragd 2002
Donabaum Spitzer Point Reserve Gruner Veltliner 2001
Gritsch Mauritiushof 1000-Eimerberg Riesling Smaragd 2003
Gritsch Axpoint Gruner Veltliner Federspiel 2003
Gritsch Mauritiushof 1000-Eimerberg Neuburger Select 2003

I sure hope some of you in the area can make it!
best,
e.

HERE'S ALL THE INFO:
Tuesday, March 8, 4:30 - 7:30 pm - Austrian Night at VinoVenue in San
Francisco
686 Mission Street www.vinovenue.net

Meet Johann Donabaum and Franz Josef Gritsch. These young men are
really interesting: both are 26, went to the famous wine school in
Krems, and have now taken over their own long-standing family wineries.
Donabaum has been on the "best up-and-coming" list in the Wine
Report for the past two years, and Gritsch was on it this year. Both
make wines that are already scoring in the low-to-mid 90's, and
Donabaum won the Falstaff "Gruner Veltliner Cup" in 2003, besting
out some of the most respected names in the country. This is their
first visit to the US, and their wines will be making their California
debut at VinoVenue. Don't miss out on the chance to meet these
energetic young winemakers. $5 per person.

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> I sure hope some of you in the area can make it!
> best,
> e.

Hmmm... Sounds interesting, Emily. I 'll have to see if I can do it.
Are you going to be there, perchance?

Mark Lipton

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> I sure hope some of you in the area can make it!
> best,
> e.

Hmmm... Sounds interesting, Emily. I 'll have to see if I can do it.
Are you going to be there, perchance?

Mark Lipton

I'm trying, but I might have to send the Austrian (AKA my husband &
partner) along for the fun without me. We'll see.
But you should definitely try to make it- Johann & Franz-Josef make
some great wines, and they are so young that it's almost scary to think
of how good their wines are going to get.
e.

wrote:

> Meet Johann Donabaum and Franz Josef Gritsch. These young men
> are really interesting: both are 26, went to the famous wine
> school in Krems, and have now taken over their own long-standing
> family wineries. [...]

I'd seriously recommend to visit the tasting. Both are exciting
newcomers to the scene and offer outstanding wines from the
coolest part of the Wachau, the village of Spitz.

M.

wrote:

> Meet Johann Donabaum and Franz Josef Gritsch. These young men
> are really interesting: both are 26, went to the famous wine
> school in Krems, and have now taken over their own long-standing
> family wineries. [...]

I'd seriously recommend to visit the tasting. Both are exciting
newcomers to the scene and offer outstanding wines from the
coolest part of the Wachau, the village of Spitz.

M.

"Michael Pronay" > skrev i melding
...
> wrote:
>
>> Meet Johann Donabaum and Franz Josef Gritsch. These young men
>> are really interesting: both are 26, went to the famous wine
>> school in Krems, and have now taken over their own long-standing
>> family wineries. [...]
>
I've also noted that in the Mosel; several young upstarts fresh from wine
school taking over family wineries and easily surpassing their fathers, even
in those cases where their daddies had a good reputation. Those wine
schools seem to be on a winning track!
Anders

Anders T=F8rneskog wrote:

> I've also noted that in the Mosel; several young upstarts fresh from
wine
> school taking over family wineries and easily surpassing their
fathers, even
> in those cases where their daddies had a good reputation. Those wine

> schools seem to be on a winning track!
> Anders

I think it is also the result of a region's changing attitudes about
make quality wines (versus quantities of wine). We have a quite a few
examples of this in our current portfolio from Austria, and from every
indication I'm catching, the same thing is going on in Spain.
e=2E

Hi again to all! A reminder for this tasting tomorrow night, and also
an update.

Franz-Josef and Johann have brought with them another wine which they
will have on hand at the tasting. It is a joint project between the two
winemakers; a Gruner Veltliner called "Kalmuck". The name of the wine
comes from the plaid jacket worn in this region (Lower Austria) which
was traditionally made from the saddle blankets of a Mongolian tribe.
The wine itself is a classic Gruner Veltiner, with all of the pepper,
spice & mineral notes you'd expect, and is a joining of the two
vintners philosophies.
As they also described it to me, it's Gruner Veltliner dressed up in a
new tailored jacket ("Veltliner im Neuen G'wand"

best,
e.

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> Franz-Josef and Johann have brought with them another wine which
> they will have on hand at the tasting. It is a joint project
> between the two winemakers; a Gruner Veltliner called "Kalmuck".

Also often spelled "Kalmuk".

> The name of the wine comes from the plaid jacket worn in this
> region (Lower Austria) which was traditionally made from the
> saddle blankets of a Mongolian tribe.

A ladies version is to be seen he

<http://www.loden-plankl.at/dt/kollektion/detail/11.htm>

The piece on the right hand side.

M.

And if you want to see one live and in person, Franz Josef will be
wearing his at the tasting tonight.
See you there!

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> And if you want to see one live and in person, Franz Josef will be
> wearing his at the tasting tonight.
> See you there!
>
And quite an interesting item it was (speaking of the Kalmu(c)k, not the
charming and interesting Franz-Josef). I will write up my impressions
of the wines soon, but as a preview I will mention that it was a very
enjoyable tasting and the two young winemakers were most gracious and
interesting (and spoke English quite well to boot). The two of them had
quite a bevy of young things surrounding them by the time we took our
leave -- their trip to CA may be more of an experience than they had
imagined... or perhaps not! ;-)

Mark Lipton

So glad you could make it, Mark! I look forward to hearing your
thoughts about the wines.
And I actually got a call from my partner who was there- apparently it
was something of a non-stop bevy from start to finish!
e.