Ried Vogelsang 2009 in the bottle!
added on 12/07/10
After 8 months aging in oak and acacia casks, our new cuvée in ready for tasting. A wine with depth, concentration, and maturity, with an abundance of luscious apricot and quince fruit, juicy, rich and curvaceous, touches of vanilla and mint, elegant residual sugar and a lingering finish. You're invited to try a glass and let us know your opinion!
Dresden Wine Fair
added on 12/07/10
Dresden's first wine fair took place in Restaurant Henricus near the city's famous Frauenkirche. Johannes was there presenting our wines and enjoyed meeting a lot of nice, enthusiastic wine lovers!
Spring Wine Festival
added on 31/03/10
We invite you to come taste the new wines and visit our winery during the "Wine Treasures of Rust" festival, where you can also visit over 20 wineries within walking distance and greet the storks on the rooftops. For more information please see www.dierusterweinbauern.at and www.rust.at. Looking forward to seeing you!
Spring Bottling
added on 31/03/10
We are pleased to offer three wines from the 2009 vintage: Weißburgunder, Furmint, and the new 100% Gelber Muskateller, simply called Gelber Muskateller! We hope you will try them soon. For those of you who appreciate Furmint's ability to mature in the bottle, there are still limited quantities of the 2008 vintage available.
Furmint in February
added on 31/03/10
Our native varietal Furmint took center stage at the "Furmint in February" tasting on the 25th in Budapest. Wine Estates from Hungary and Rust presented their dry Furmint wines in the lovely Palais Festetics. For more information in Hungarian, see the website www.vinoport.hu
Vintage Notes 2009
added on 8/01/10
This year presented us with a variety of challenges and rewards in the vineyard and cellar. The vines began flowering on May 22nd and due to an extended period of cold, rain and wind, flowering proceeded slowly and unevenly over three weeks, leading to reduced yields at harvest. We also faced a few worried weeks in July when rainy and warm weather brought perfect conditions for oidium and peronospora. During August and the first two months of harvest, the weather was hot and dry, contributing to optimal sugar levels and ripeness, also as it turned out, very little botrytis! Harvest began on the 14th of September and ended with the last botrytis berries for Ausbruch gathered on November 13th. Although the quantity of some varietals and Ausbruch is less this vintage, the quality is exceptional, with the new wines showing rich aromas and balanced fruit, minerality and acidity. The vintage is still young and we wait patiently to see how things develop in the next months. Best wishes in 2010!
Winter in Rust
added on 8/01/09
Dear Wine Friends! Rust has a lovely aspect in winter too. At the moment Lake Neusiedl is frozen over and Nature has donned a frosty white mantel. Pruning in the vineyards has begun, the wines are maturing nicely in the cellar. We welcome your visit!
Weinkult in Lech am Arlberg
added on 20/08/08
Gitti and Heinz Birk present the annual tasting of their wine portfolio in the rarefied alpine air of Lech am Arlberg, Austria.
The Reds!
added on 20/08/08
The first red wines of the 2007 vintage have been bottled. This year's Junge Löwen is a blend of Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt and Cabernet Sauvignon; youthful and at the same time powerful, spicy with plenty of fruit. Our Zweigelt vom Berg is a dark ruby red with fine spice, depth and character. The grapes for this wine come from the vineyards Ruster and Plachen, higher up in the hills of Rust, where the soils are optimal for this varietal. Formerly we offered a Zweigelt from the Kräftn vineyard. We treasure the good memories of this expressive wine, but times do change and we have now cleared and newly planted the vineyard with Grauburgunder vines.
Brunch at the Palmenhaus
added on 7/04/08
Would you like to have breakfast with eleven women and their wines? Austria's 10 premier women winemakers together with a guest winemaker will present their wines during a harmonious breakfast at the Palmenhaus restaurant in Vienna. Reservations at www.11frauenundihreweine.at
Vievinum
added on 7/04/08
Austria's most prestigious wine trade fair will take place in the beautiful ambience of Vienna's former Imperial Palace, the Hofburg, from May 31st to June 2nd. Taste the best Austria has to offer with guests from all parts of the globe.
Alpine Summit
added on 7/04/08
50 top wineries from Austria and Switzerland on tour in Germany! In a Culture and Wine Tour through Dresden, winemaker organizations such as Cercle Ruster Ausbruch, the Leithaberg Group, the Vinotivler from Graubünden, amongst others, will present their wines for tasting. All of this followed by a Summit Party in Köln! For reservations and more info: www.alpengipfel.info
Great Wines of Austria
added on 7/04/08
Munich's Bayrischen Hof, rich with tradition and history, is especially worth a visit today. From 13:00 to 19:30 some of Austria's best winemakers will be presenting their wines.
Wine Treasures of Rust
added on 7/04/08
Hidden treasure from the shores of Lake Neusiedl....sounds like the title of an adventure novel, but it isn't (not yet!). Come and see what precious things there are to discover in the Freetown of Rust: fantastic wines, picturesque architecture and surroundings, interesting people, and lots of history. 28 winemakers from Rust will open their doors for winetasting from 13:00 to 19:00 each day.
The 2007 vintage Whites!
added on 30/01/08
Weißburgunder 2007, Muscat 2007, Furmint 2007 and aromatic Ried Vogelsang 2007 will be available for tasting and purchase at Rathausplatz 8 by the end of March. We are looking forward to presenting this extraordinarily clear and aromatic vintage!
