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German| Date: 2004-05-07 17:24:59 |
| From: George S. Bobnak |
Subject: RE: austrian reds |
| Michael: Ah, a kindred spirit. My true wine passion is Austrian reds as well. I've been quite successful here in PA getting Austrian reds by ordering from Bill Mayer of The Age of Riesling. His info is listed below. You may be aware of Terry Thiesse. Bill travels with Terry at least annually to taste and buy Austrian and German estate wines. Increasingly Bill is carrying more reds. He even is able to get wines from the vin divino (Chicago) shipments. My favorites single varietals so far are Heinrich's Blaufrankisch, Umathum's Zweigelt Reserve, Lehrner's Blaufrankisch Ried Steiniche, KRUTZLER BLAUFRANKISCH WEINBERG 2000 and Schrock's Ruster Zweigelt. The best blend I've had is from Paul Achs named "Pannobile" 2000 (cab., blaufrankisch, st. laurant, I think!) Bill has all of these except for the Umathum and Krutzler. As an alternative, any of the varietals from Glatzer are great for everyday drinking. Try the single vineyard varietals from Paul Lehrner, they're a real treat and fairly reasonable. Shipping costs for the wines are still quite reasonable considering what is saved on tax. Here in Pa. there is a liquor tax of 24% included in the retail price and then the state tacks on an additional 6% sales tax. Talk about robbery! Anyway, Bill is quite a good guy and will ensure that your wines are shipped with the utmost care, considering the weather and length of the trip. I've been ordering several times a year from him for nearly 10 years and have never had a "bad" bottle. It's worth it to get his newsletter. You may want to take advantage of his inventory from 1999-2001 as he did not change his prices even though the dollar tanked against the euro in the past 2 years. Prices for the wines he first offered several years ago have remained the same. In addition, the 1999 and 2000 vintages are outstanding for reds and reportedly rate as the best in several decades. I've been to Bill's home once to pick up a small order of Heidi Schrock's ausbruch dessert wines while I was in Berkeley on business. Although a true Californian (laid back and easygoing), Bill is nonetheless engaging and very wine-savvy. If you contact him please tell him that I send greetings and should be placing my spring order soon. Let me know how you make it in your search. Good luck. Jerry Bobnak Bill Mayer 1813 Short Street Berkeley, CA 94702-1524 Tel.: 510-549-2444 Fax: 510-549-2525 billmayer@sbcglobal.net George S. Bobnak, Esquire DeRespino & Dougher, P.C. 1818 Market Street, Suite 2910 Philadelphia, PA19103-6998 direct dial: 215-972-2877 direct fax: 215-972-2890 email: gbobnak@drdpc.com The information contained in this e-mail message, together with any attachments thereto, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the addressee[s] named above. The message and the attachments are or may be an attorney-client or other privileged or protected communication. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or authorized to receive it for the intended recipient, you have received this message in error. You are not to review, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message, any attachments thereto, or their contents. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by return e-mail message, and delete the original message. This notice is included in all e-mail messages leaving our firm. Thank you for your cooperation -----Original Message----- From: wineforum_owner@apris.de [mailto:wineforum_owner@apris.de] On Behalf Of Michael Ault Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:38 AM To: wineforum@wein-plus.de Subject: [wineforum] austrian reds i'm a huge fan of austrian reds, but living in the u.s., i find it quite difficult to track them down. austrian whites, on the other hand, are plentiful and easy to find. although i live in new york and have easy access to great wine stores, selection is limited and some of the items that i'm looking for just can't be found (e.g., '00 anton iby cuvee anton, '00 johann heinrich terra o., '00 krutzler perwolff & eichkogel, '00 t-fx-t arachon, '00 gernot heinrich gabarinza, ...). it seems that chicago area retailers have the best austrian red selection, likely due to the fact that the primary austrian red wine importer is vin divino, based in chicago. in fact, most of my austrian red collection has come from chicago-based online retailers. so my questions are: can anybody suggest how i might be able to more successfully source the austrian reds that i want? also, could you please note and describe the austrian reds that you recommend (you may have gathered from the above examples that i like the blends, however, i would also be grateful for single varietal suggestions)? your advice is greatly appreciated! -michael ault This message was created using the Web-based forum : www.wein-plus.com/forum/ |
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