- Foto: Florian Bolk
For Stuart Pigott, Grüner Veltliner is of course one of the 25 most important grape varieties to know. He describes "Gruner" as follows:
Deutsch:
- Grüner Veltliner
Farbe: weiß
Persönlichkeit: Flash Dance (von "An der schönen blauen Donau" bis Disco).
Ursprung: natürlich Kreuzung aus Traminer mit St. Georgener aus Österreich.
GPS: bis auf ein paar Versuchsfelder ist er in Österreich zu Hause.
Ein Österreicher zur unkomplizierten Erfrischung (das untere Ende der Preis- und Alkohol-Skala) oder von raffinierter Sinnlichkeit (das obere Ende der Skala). Duftet nach Apfel, weißem Pfeffer, exotischen Früchten und vielem mehr.
English:
- Grüner Veltliner
Colour: white
Personality: Flash Dancer (from the Blue Danube to Donna Summer's Hot Stuff)
Origin: natural crossing of Traminer with St. Georgener from Eastern Austria
GPS: except for a few experimental plantings didn't leave home yet
Austrian for easy refreshment (lower end of the price and alcohol range) and sophisticated sensuality (upper end of those scales). Smells of apple, white pepper, fresh herbs, exotic fruits and much, much more.
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Ideal wine for a warm spring evening? GRUNER VELTLINER, says Gary Vaynerchuk.
2. Gruner Veltliner: "Remember this slang term and most wine shops will know what you mean: It's called 'GruVee.' Gruner Veltliner is an Austrian white wine ... a $13 to $18 wine. Again, green apple, pear, tropical fruit, guava, kiwi flavors — very clean. These are both — the Gruner Veltliner and the Gavi — in my opinion better alternatives to the standard pinot grigio or New Zealand sauvignon blanc that we see so many people trying."
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"Grü-Vee No More. Grüner veltliner is delicious, approachable - and phonetic"
Cult Kurtis Kolt from Canada:
"I love that grüner is like pinot grigio on steroids, with more citrus, minerality, confidence and pizzazz. I love that it is as nuanced as riesling, but much more bratty and not so high-falutin'."
Kurtis Kolt, Wine Access, April/May 2011
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"Aussi, nicht Austria. Seltsamer Veltliner."
Manfred Klimek alias "Captain Cork" über den Australischen (yes, cangaroos!) Grünen Veltliner von Lark Hill.
download PDF (Deutsch)
online lesen
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LAURENZ V. Meisterbrief Vol. 8 (Okt. 01, 2010)
The glorious 6 points on Gruner
download PDF - English
Wissenswertes über Grünen Veltliner
download PDF - Deutsch
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Did you know about the Gruner plantings in the USA?
Here is an interesting article of Julia Sevenich who gives you an insight into the American Gruner world:
Groovy Goes West, Julia Sevenich, haidu.net, Sept. 05, 2010 download PDF read online
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- Copyright: AWMB / Oberleithner
Official information about Grüner Veltliner by
the Austrian Wine Marketing Board
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Jancis Robinson - Financial Times:
Grüner Veltliner is "Austria's answer to white burgundy"
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How it all started ...
Grüner Veltliner was quite unknown to the world only a few years ago, being suddenly discovered in Fall 2002:
In a blind tasting of Chardonnay & Grüner Veltliner in London's Groucho Club, internationally known wine specialists, traders and journalists rated the indigenous Austrian grape very high.
Jancis Robinson amongst them featured the results of this tasting. Gruner claimed the top two spots and was very well received by the jury overall: download PDF.