News 2007

November News

November has come and with it the usual cold and foggy times. It’s starting to get uncomfortable on the outside so the most interesting things are now happening inside our winery. New wines have to be bottled and a lot of things need to be done in the wine cellar. Now is an ideal time for every wine-enthusiast to visit the cellar and taste the young vintage 2007. The upcoming weekend will offer the very best opportunity to do so at the annual day of open cellar doors in Gols!

Wine Harvest

After a few days break last week we were able to continue with the harvest. We picked Riesling and most notably Zweigelt, the latter is now even finished for this year. Since we had to take another rain-caused break this week we are of course very happy about this as well as about the quality of this years Zweigelt grapes. This week we will harvest Blaufränkisch and Merlot which leaves only Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Blanc behind. Both are scheduled for a later date, especially the Pinot Blanc which we plan to harvest as a Spätlese or “Late Harvest” wine.

Red Wine Vintage 2006

Frost!

Nature is our workshop. This saying proved itself again this year though it usually comes to ones awarenes only when not soo good things happen. Now it struck our vineyards. Following the amazing weather in early spring that lead to great growth, our grapes have now been bit by early May frost.

In the Middle of Spring

… lots of things are going on in our vineyards. The early spring and the warm weather affected our vines very favourably. Currently we are about 3 weeks ahead in terms of growth and it looks like the good weather will stay with us for some time to come. The new vintage has begun and we could not have wished for a better start.