Nice to know someone agrees with us!

September 16, 2010

Whilst we obviously have never doubted the quality of the Austrian wines we import it is always nice to have a little external validation.

Top Austrian wine magazine Falstaff published the results of their "2010 Gruner Veltliner Grand Prix" in their May edition (we put our hands up to having fallen behind with our reading of foreign language wine magazines). We are happy, but not surprised, to note that both Johann Donabaum's Spitzer Point Federspiel (£13.35) and Bernhard Ott's Fass 4 (£14.95) were both awarded 5 stars.

Had the competition not restricted itself to wines of 13% or less alcohol it seems a pretty safe bet that Bernhard and Johann's top wines would also have made an appearance.

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