ONLINE TASTING: Vineyards from Vienna: Fritz Wieninger with Alfons Wimmer

Wine school owner Jimmy Smith is VERY excited about this one. In November 2023, he travelled to the absolutely stunning city of Vienna to discover the vineyards of the city as well as surrounding areas such as the Burgenland, Kamptal and Wachau. One of the real surprises was the visit with winemaker Alf Wimmer from the Wieninger winery located in Vienna. Wieninger is one of no fewer than 630 wine producers who call Vienna home, meaning that it has more wineries within its city limits than any other capital in the world. Jimmy tasted over twenty wines on his visit and, as a first, every wine he rated as very good or outstanding. The consistent quality from this winery is so high that he had to launch an online tasting!

Wieninger

Wieninger is considered a pioneer of the ‘New Vienna’ wine movement, combining a sense of modernity and progress with the traditions of the region. Weingut Wieninger is comprised of 50 hectares of biodynamically-grown vines on two main sites: Bisamberg (35 hectares) and the smaller Nussberg (15 hectares), separated by the Danube river. Drier and sunnier Bisamberg is characterised by light, sandy loess soil which makes for fresh wines with a vibrant acidity. In contrast, Nussberg has shell and limestone soils with a high clay content, giving wines greater richness and deeper fruit aromas.

Best enjoyed young and fresh, the Riesling has notes of peach with hints of mango and pineapple. The lively palate shows good complexity with flavours of sweet stone fruits. The Pinot Noir Select has ripe cherry aromas complemented by delicate spice notes. The palate expresses a bright acidity and soft tannins. Wieninger also makes a traditional Viennese white – Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC – from its separate sites, that include historically the most precious vineyard in the Vienna region: the Rosengartl. This unique style is a field blend of varieties which are grown, picked and fermented together, showing the individual characteristics of each vineyard rather than of a specific variety. Fritz’s blends contain Weissburgunder, Neuburger, Welschriesling, Grüner Veltliner, Sylvaner, Zierfandler, Rotgipfler, Traminer and Riesling.

Wines on tasting

To be confirmed

Austrian Wine Series

As this tasting is part of three special evenings that we are hosting in Spring 2024, we are offering a 10% discount if you book 2 or more in one booking. Please use code Austria10 in the Promotional Code field when you check out.

ONLINE TASTING FEE STRUCTURE:

For this special online tasting, an exclusive tasting kit is included in the listed price which includes a 50ml tasting sample of each wine. Note: Tasting kits will be despatched to attendees within the week leading up to the tasting. 

Tasting kit delivery can be made to anywhere within the UK only. At present we are unable to fullfill international orders.

DON'T WANT TO RECEIVE A TASTING KIT? We understand that not everyone will want to receive the wine samples, and would rather just register to participate in the online evening without the wines. That is absolutely fine! The fee to just register for this evening without receiving a tasting kit is £10. Just enter the promotional code: 35REGONLY when checking out to ensure you just pay the registration cost. 

Unable to commit on the evening? No problem! Anyone registered for this tasting will gain access to the video recording of the live event, so you can always revisit any of these at anytime in the future - whether its because you missed participating in the live evening or if you want to revisit the presentation at a later date.