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The Business of Exporting Austrian Wines
By fine-tuning their methods, the Austrian Wine Marketing Board is expanding the market, while Brexit and Covid rein in success in the UK.
The Heuriger Tradition: Four of the Best
Unique to Austria, traditional wine taverns serve each year’s new vintage with a simple buffet, amid the timeless pleasures of convivial conversation among friends. Many are excellent. Here are four of the best Heuriger in and around Vienna to try.
The New Sobriety – Non-Alcoholic Bars in Vienna
Sobriety: Juice pairings, sober bars, 0% rum – the range of sophisticated non-alcoholic beverages is growing. Is society changing? Or is it just a fleeting trend?
The Business of Austrian Wine: Traditions Reinvented in a Post-Pandemic World
After months of closed restaurants and distancing measures, Austrian vintners are regaining their footing, adapting to modern sales tactics during the year of COVID-19.
How To… Become an Austrian Sommelier
Becoming a self-taught wine writer is easily more fun than covering city hall or the sewer district. Still, as my articles on local wines and vintners accumulated, all written after a pleasant day cruising one of Austria’s charming wine regions, …
Michael Häupl and The Spirit of Spritzwein
Michael Häupl is a living legend. He shares his thoughts on his 24 years as mayor, Vienna’s culinary trinity, staying authentic, and why a Weiß g’spritzt is the best choice.
Borderline Brilliant – Wine on the Frontier
Full of mini-mountains and Lilliput farmsteads, the Südsteiermark
is Austria’s most unlikely wine growing region and well worth the trip.
The Südsteiermark Is Austria’s Tuscany
Full of mini-mountains and Lilliput farmsteads, the Südsteiermark is Austria’s most unlikely wine growing region and well worth the trip.
Salon 2020 – This Year’s Best Austrian Wines
The annual Wine Salon in Palais Coburg presented a tough jury’s selection of the best of the current year. The setting was magnificent, the wines too.
The Vinnitski’s Matiki Bar Brings a Tropical Feel to Spittelberg
Brothers Matty and Arik Vinnitski’s Matiki Bar brings a
tropical summer feel to Spittelberg – or your home.
Altes AKH |Forever a Student at the Vienna Commons
Wandering around the diverse and historic campus of Austria’s largest and best-known academic institution is compelling even if you are no longer a student
How to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Vienna in 2019
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in more places around the world than is any other national festival. Vienna is no exception!
Drink Like a Bandido at this Hidden-away Mexican Cocktail Bar
More Havana than Gatsby, Clandestino appeals far beyond its niche.
Speakeasy Krypt Won’t Stay Secret for Long
The Krypt updates the speakeasy with award-winning décor and drinks.
Great Expectations | Gols’ Finest Vintners Praise the Weather Gods
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] The Viennese love their white wines young and fresh. Winemakers in Gols would prefer to wait.
On The Vine | Going off the Rails with the Heurigen Express
Rest your weary feet and take Vienna’s Heurigen Express to some of the city’s most charming Buschenschänke
On Wednesdays, DJs, art and Booze Intersect at the Albertina
Every Wednesday night, culture vultures stream to Albert & Tina to enjoy an after-work event merging art, drinks and music. The hypnotic beat of house music lures tourists from their picture-perfect photo ops and up the grand staircase, joining the after-work crowd …
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Naschmarkt Vienna – The Legendary Open-Air Market
Even in staunchly nostalgic Vienna, neighborhoods change. The Naschmarkt Vienna is a prime example: Wedged between the left and right Wienzeiles between Kettenbrückengasse and Getreidemarkt, It is officially the city’s largest open-air market. Since the early 2000s, about half of …
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5 Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Vienna
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in more places around the world than is any other national festival. Vienna is no exception!
4 great Irish pubs in Vienna – Guinness Diplomacy
Be a liquid ambassador of Gaelic cheer at these Irish Pubs in Vienna
On The Vine | Where to buy Wine Accessories in Vienna
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] These three shops in Vienna offer excellent wine accessories By Catherine Hooker & Leopold Winkler
Viennese Valentine’s Day Tips
Vienna for Lovers: From the amorous to the apathetic – there is something for everyone this February 14th
Cocktails at Miranda Bar & Tür 7
Over the past year cocktail bars have been making a comeback. Tür 7 and the Miranda Bar are individualistic, styled to the nines and still unique in essence and clientele.
Vienna’s five best places to cure a hangover
The trouble with partying like there’s no tomorrow is that tomorrow always rears its ugly head. Even the most enchanting evening becomes a vague blur when attacked by the persistent blows of reality hammering their way into your skull. In …
