Wine

Austria Journal: Styria

Earlier this summer, our head sommelier Nicole set off on a wine trip through Austria, starting with a full day in Styria, in the country’s southeast – a region of humid air, rolling hills, and vineyards stretching out in every direction.

The first wine of the trip ended up being the one that stayed with her the longest.

“Truly the first wine we tasted on the trip – we were walking in the vineyards, and then we came back down, sat down, and tasted the Welschriesling. It was truly as if everything that I had smelled up in the vineyard was in the glass. I think it’s just different being there – I’ve visited vineyards before, but I’ve never felt the impact quite so strong. Probably because it was the excitement of being on the trip, and all of that. But it was really magical.”

That evening, dinner brought together winemakers from Newcomer’s Styrian portfolio, among them Christoph Neumeister, Vino Gross (working just across the border in Slovenia), and members of the Muster family.

“It was like a big Newcomer collection of winemakers from Styria, pretty much, and it was just so magnificent. We tasted a ton of wines, we all sat together – it was a really beautiful evening.”