• Gsellmann and Gsellmann Pannobile 2001


• Braunstein Oxhoft Chardonnay 2002


• Tschermonegg Pinot Blanc 2003


• Feiler-Artinger Pinot Cuvee Ruster Ausbruch 2001


• Feiler-Artinger Umriss Blaufrankisch 2003


• Heiss Traminer Ice Wine 2002


• Jaunegg Knily Pinot Gris 2002


• Wenzel Bankraften Blaufrankisch 2001


• Donabaum Berglage Loiben Gruner Veltliner Smaragd 2003


• Heiss Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese 2001


• Hogl Loibner Vision Riesling Smaragd 2003


• Sabathi Classic Sauvignon Blanc 2004

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In an online charity auction, Erika won a case of Austrian wine which we just received last week. Its an amazing case, there are 3 dessert wines, 6 whites and 3 reds. The reds are grapes I have never heard of and there are a couple Rieslings, Gruner Veltliners, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Gris finishing out the whites. The desserts look great since one is an ice wine and the other is a Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA). You may be wondering what the uber long "T" words means, well its the highest level of dessert wines from Austria and Germany. The grapes are left on the vine until they shrivel up and are handpicked. The juice produced is very thick and sweet. The sugar level is also very high which gives the wine a heavy nector flavor. Some TBA wines also succumb to the "noble rot" the botrytis fungus that will take over when grapes are not harvested on time. Picking and making wine during the noble rot takes a great deal of skill hence the higher prices. If you are familiar with Sauternes from France, the TBA wines are essentially the same thing just from another country. Same goes with Tokaji from Hungary.

You can read more about them at the website below.

http://www.winemonger.com/catalog/index.php