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…This bodes well for some of Austria's fuller-bodied red grape varieties (e.g., Blaufränkisch) that ripen late and require the warmth and longer growing season to fully develop ripe and complex flavors.

All ready to go!

Up until this tasting, I was largely familiar with one-to-two faces of Grüner Veltliner - namely examples that are fresh and sleek with a range of tree, citrus, and stone-fruit aromas and flavors, brisk acidity, and a distinct underlying spicy character (particularly …

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…Leithaberg, $ 49: Bigger alcohol content in this wine from a predominantly Blaufränkisch producer. Oak and a little oxidation, with a touch of bitterness.

2011 F.X. Pichler Dürnsteiner Liebenberg Smaragd , Leithaberg, $ 70: Darker apple tones on this wine with a pure and silky body. Mysterious and fascinating.

2011 Prager Stockkultur , Wachau, $ 90: Very ripe peach aromas dominate the nose of this powerful and rich wine. Big acidity and a slight sweetness …

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From € 11.87, $ 17.24, £15.50 Find this wine I'm getting more and more enthusiastic about the Blaufränkisch grape and am delighted that Dorli Muhr, Austria's most cosmopolitan wine promoter (with the possible exception of Laurenz Moser), is determined to organise a Blaufränkisch event in London.

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…additional leading red varietals were listed: Sangiovese, Pinot Noir and Lemberger .

FACT: The ratio of white-to-red wine is 50.3% white to 49.7% red.

In 2012, the ratio was 55% white to 45% red.

In 2011, the ratio was 54% white to 46% red.

Editor's note: Very noteworthy to see how the ratio has evened out over the years.

Additional information in 2013:

Wine Production: 12 million cases

Record Harvest: 2012 with 188,000 tons

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…Riesling but can be Spatburgunder, Silvaner and even Lemberger) from a producer's top site and sold one year after harvest. It is usually, before the nomenclature was changed, the equivalent of Auslese Trocken. There are many many bad GG's in the sea of GG's as well. All are not good. You need to choose carefully. I can help with that.

These wines, when they are on, can be the best white wine values in the world. The Burgundian equivalent would cost upwards of $ 150…

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…Concord and Niagara representing labrusca grapes. There's even some Blaufrankisch, Norton, Riesling, and Italian varieties such as Barbera, Sangiovese, and Montepulciano.

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**** 2010 Moric ( Roland Velich) Blaufränkisch Reserve , Eisenstadt-Burgenland

Now, the table food:

Nordic coconut

(it's a whole raw potato, no coconuts in Denmark-onion straw to drink mystery milk)

Malt flatbread and juniper

Moss and cep

Crispy pork skin and black currant

Cheese cookie, rocket and stems

Dried carrot and sorrel

Pickled and smoked quail's egg

Frozen cod liver and caramelized milk

Æbleskiver and muikko

Leek and cod roe

Fresh …

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Always skeptical of Lemberger (please, I beg, change to Blaufrankish... LOL!), I approached the bottle with trepidation. Good Lemberger/ Blaufrankish is quite lovely. But bad Lemberger stinks almost as much as the arcane Wisconsin cheese it might be confused with.

Let me reassure you, this is not the later....this was good wine. Nice hints of bright cherry, raspberry, and plum dominate the nose, with hints of lavender and spice. There's no question, the Cab Franc comes through …

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…need to stop writing about how much I don't like Blaufrankish, also known as Lemberger. I still hate the stupid moniker - Lemberger - but that said, it's time I just write about the wine.

Recently, I had the Channing Daughters Blaufrankish 2010. It's grown on the North Fork of Long Island, at the Mudd West Vineyard. As we all know by now, Blaufrankish is a middle-European dark red grape found in cool climates such as Austria or even in the Friuli region of Italy…

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…Riesling, Loire Valley's Chenin, Austria's Blaufränkisch, Sicily's Frappato, or Beaujolais' Gamay as examples, you should know it is safe to drink O 'Shaughnessy.

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