The combination of Blaufränkisch and game has proven its worth and goes just as well together as the wine shows and the OÖ Nachrichten.
More than 80 guests were able to convince themselves of this on Friday in the Gasthaus Ziegler (Wirt am Markt) in Taiskirchen im Innkreis with an excellent menu with game specialties. For the show, 20 winegrowers from Burgenland provided Blaufränkisch Reserve vintages from 2017 to 2020. The farm gate prices ranged from 9.30 to 32 euros.
The rules for the wine shows have not changed for eight years: the audience tastes secretly. The winemaker whose twelve bottles are drunk first is the winner. Before the wine show this time, the sommeliers Rudi Ziegler, Reinhold Baumschlager, Hans Stoll and Philipp Braun tasted the wines undercover and rated them according to the 20-point system.
Best biodynamics
Birgit Braunstein, a biodynamic winemaker from Purbach, won the wine show for the sommeliers with her Leithaberg DAC Glawarinza 2019. The Wieder winery from Neckenmarkt came second with the Mittelburgenland DAC Reserve Ried Bodigraben 2018. Horst Gager from Deutschkreutz took third place with the Mittelburgenland DAC Reserve Ried Mitterberg 2020.
Gager was also able to take third place in the audience. Martin Reinfeld from Schützen am gebirge came second with the Blaufränkisch Reserve Divine 2017. However, the majority of the guests were impressed by the Glawarinza. Like the sommeliers, they chose winemaker Birgit Braunstein for first place.
- Next wine show: March 10th, Landhotel Grünberg, Traunsteinstr. 109, 4810 Gmunden, subject: Ruby Carnuntum. Costs: 57 euros (OÖNcard 55 euros) including menu and wine. Beginning 6 p.m. Info: 07612/77700, hotel@gruenberg.at
expert rating
Before the OÖ Nachrichten wine show, the sommeliers Reinhold Baumschlager (Forsthof Sierning), host Rudi Ziegler and Hans Stoll as well as Philipp Braun (both OÖN) blind tasted the submitted Blaufränkisch Reserve wines and assessed them according to the 20-point system.
1. Birgit BraunsteinPurbach, Leithaberg DAC Ried Glawarinza 2019, 32 euros, 02683/5913, www.weingut-braunstein.at
2. Juliana AgainNeckenmarkt, Mittelburgenland DAC Reserve Ried Bodigraben 2018, 19.50 euros, 02610/42438, www.weingut-juliana-wieder.at
3. Horst GagerDeutschkreutz, Mittelburgenland DAC Reserve Ried Mitterberg 2020, 25.70 euros, 02613/80385, www.weingut-gager.at
4. Winery StephanOGerman shooters, Eisenberg DAC
Reserve Prospero 2017, 25 euros, 0664/2636939, www.stephano.at
5. Red wine estate IbyHoritschon, Mittelburgenland DAC Reserve Chevalier 2019, 20 euros, 02610/ 42292, www.iby.at
The show winners
More than 80 guests tasted the 20 different wines in secret so as not to be confused by labels or well-known names.
The wine whose twelve bottles are drunk first emerges as the winner of the Upper Austria News Wine Show.
1. Birgit BraunsteinPurbach, Leithaberg DAC Ried Glawarinza 2019, 32 euros, 02683/5913, www.weingut-braunstein.at
2. Martin ReinfeldSchützen am Berge, Blaufränkisch Reserve Divine 2017, 19 euros, 0699/11506264, www.martinreinfeld.at
3. Horst GagerDeutschkreutz, Mittelburgenland DAC Reserve Ried Mitterberg 2020, 25.70 euros, 02613/80385, www.weingut-gager.at
4. Artner WineryDeutschkreutz, Blaufränkisch Reserve 2018, 16 euros, 02613/89640, www.weingut-artner.at
5. Neckenmarkt “The Winegrowers”Neckenmarkt, Mittelburgenland DAC Reserve Herosus 2019, 12 euros, 02610/42388, www.neckenmarkt.at
Source: Nachrichten
