Artisan Wines News in June

Weather conditions

Vineyard work
Warm temperatures and enough water ensured a quick growth of our vines. Currently we are rather busy with the shoot positioning and with this quick development you may start at the other end of the vineyard as soon you finished one row. One will find the clips of this work at Artisan Wines and Artisan Wines on Youtube.

Huge damage for the vineyards of our friend Rudi Wagentristl brought a hailstorm in the first days of May. Have a close look of the devastations at his blog.

Ratings
We are very proud to announce that our Artisan Wines Pure Rosé 2010 came on second to top (category Zweigelt - rated 2 glasses) in the recent Rosé tasting of Wein Burgenland in cooperation with Genuss.Magazin. Download the complete article with this link - Rosé Verkostung. (german version only) 

Asparagus season
As always one will find seasonal recipes at our Artisan Wines - Wine&Food section with the asparagus special now. The new Smörgastorta recipe pairs very well with the current warm temperatures. 

Pure Sauvignon Blanc
Most unfortunately we need to announce that our Pure Sauvignon Blanc 2010 is sold out ex cellar.

Kind regards
Franz Schneider

Artisan Wines News in May

Work in the vineyards

The nice temperatures made our vines growing rather fast and this means loads of vineyard work for us. The recent work steps are cleaning the stems and the Shoot removal. With this work we are reducing the shoots and the yield per vine. The remaining shoots will grow stronger and healthier with all power focused on them. One will find the clip at Artisan Wines News and Youtube - Artisan Wines.

Birthday of Artisan Wines
Quite unnoticed passed the first birthday of Artisan Wines on the 1st of May. I would like to thank my family and friends for their huge amount of work, our partners and of course you, dear customer, as without you, Artisan Wines would not exist. As we are trying to get better every year we are looking forward to your comments at franz@artisanwines.at

New partners
We very proud to welcome following partners at Artisan Wines. You will find our wines now at:  

Heuriger-Vinothek SchlossahausStefan Haubenwallner
Stiftsgasse 18
7123 Mönchhof

St. Martins Therme & Lodge Restaurant
Im Seewinkel 1
7132 Frauenkirchen

BUNT Das Eventrestaurant
Hietzinger Hauptstrasse 162
1130 Wien

Cucina Wetter
Payergasse 13/4, Ecke Weyprechtgasse
1160 Wien

Weinstadl Bad Tatzmannsdorf
Tschabbachweg 17
7431 Bad Tatzmannsdorf

Find more contact details to this partners here.

Recent wine ratings
We are proud to present the first ratings of our wines this year. Magazine "Wein.Pur" mentioned us in their "Best of Austria 2011"-guide on page 211. Please find a small excerpt of the ratings below:

Pure Sauvignon Blanc 2010 - very good price-value ratio
Pure Rosé 2010 - tip of the editors & very good price-value ratio
Halbturn White 2009 - good ageing potential for several years

We are very pleased with these good ratings for our wines but the most important rating is yours. Think about to add your wine comments here!

Artisan Wines News in April

Clips and tastings

New clips
The recent video clip features the first two steps of the vineyard work at Artisan Wines. The Pruning and the Binding of the shoots is the foundation to an even canopy development and determines a huge part of the yield and therefore both steps are crucial in producing high quality grapes. One will find the clip at Artisan Wines News and Youtube - Artisan Wines.

Restructuring Wine&Food-page
We've changed the structure of our Artisan Wines - Wine&Food section. New sections are "soups", "summer recipes", "South Africa" and Asparagus recipes". The face-lift helps you to find your  favorite recipe much quicker than before.

Tasting opportunities
The next opportunity to taste our wines will be on 8th of April 2011 at 5 p.m. at theSt. Martins Spa & Lodge. We are looking forward to pour our complete range of wines at this occasion. If you enjoy dinner at St. Martins restaurant look out for our wines. They are available by the glass!
On 14th of April 2011 we will present our wines as part of the "Wein Burgenland" wine fair at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel, Hviezdoslavovo námestie 3 in Bratislava.
We are looking forward to welcoming you at both events!

Artisan Wines News in March

Vineyards and Bottling

Todays vineyard work
As temperatures are finally heading towards spring the next step of work in the vineyards will be the binding of the shoots. All the left shoots per vine will be tied to the trellising system as first step to develop an even canopy. One will find the clips in about no time at Artisan Wines-News or Youtube. 

Bottling of PURE Rosé 2010
Spring is really on the doorstep now and therefore we are proud to present the perfect poolside wine for this season. The PURE Rosé 2010 combines upfront strawberry and raspberry flavors with lively texture on the palate. Available in our Online Shop.

Change in Shipping policy
Due to popular demand we have changed our Shipping and Payment policy for private customers with immediate effect. Find more information on this subject in this Special Newsletter.

This months tastings
The next opportunity to taste our wines in Vienna will be on 10th of March 2011 at 3 p.m. at the "Wein Burgenland" wine fair in the Hofburg, Vienna. Find some more information here.

Back to Mother City

Today's the day!! Our this year winter/summer holiday is really on the doorstep now. The bags are packed and I can't wait to drive to the airport. BA will bring us via London Heathrow to Cape Town in about 11 hours time.

From Halbturns minus 1 degree to Stellenboschs forecasted 32 tomorrow and 34 on Tuesday ... oh my gosh I love summer ... especially in winter ;-)

Plans for this holiday include Cape Town with it's innummerable restaurants, table mountain, Cape Point, Jo's bakery (just for the gorgeous coffee), sipping a nice SB realxing at the pool (we try to find the best poolside wine of the vintage) and (of course) "some" wineries.

I do not know if we have a fast enough internet connection to upload some pics but we will definitely visit the former "The Nose" now "Chenin" in the Cape Quarter to chat via Skype and upload a new blog post. Stay tuned!!