Austria

Delicious, dry, and 1 liter! The perfect party wine. Grapefruit, celery, and white pepper.

The wines from the Weinlaubenhof have long been in a class of their own. Practically no other sweet wines have reached such a high level of recognition worldwide and only a few have come close to the high ratings Kracher wines continuously receive.

Christian is one of the lucky guys making wine in the Austrian National Park Neusiedlersee with old vines whose roots drive deep in search of nourishment, resulting in grapes that are capable of expressing their soil.

Christoph Wachter's vineyards are located in Südburgenland, near the towns of Eisenberg and Deutsch Schützen. The soils are comprised of iron rich clay, loam, and slate.

In 2006 the Stagårds took over the estate and started using such intensely traditional (maybe even arcane) methods that it winds up feeling innovative.