Appellations: Aspirations in Austria and Canada
Do wine appellations work better without the requirement for typicity? David Schildknecht compares Austria's DACs with Canada's VQAs.
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Do wine appellations work better without the requirement for typicity? David Schildknecht compares Austria's DACs with Canada's VQAs.
After 30 years of lobbying by the ÖTW group of premium wineries, Austria has become the only country apart from France to introduce legal vineyard site classification.
"...but a recent tasting held by Maximillian Riedel of the famed Austrian glass producer reminded me that such a quest is likely folly..."
Margaret Rand meets Michael Moosbrugger, the guiding force of the historic Austrian estate, Schloss Gobelsburg.
Now Moosbrugger has added another enduring artefact to his legacy—he has written a book, Schloss Gobelsburg: Oenocultural Heritage Austria.