Grüner Veltliner

We have a Rosé event that's hosted by Furioso Vineyard that's fabulous.

We even have a Gruner Veltliner event hosted by Raptor Ridge event.

But there's a lot more white Pinot than I think gets credit because as we discussed a little bit pre-record, we just don't export a lot out of the region.

And so me and Katie Golub, who I work with over at Saffron Fields, we were talking about something totally different actually.

Who heard of it ten years ago? And who knew that they're making beautiful, in the least, white wines? And now more and more people, more and more Dutch people stop there to spend a few days rather travel further to, whatever, to the lakes or to, uh, to Tuscany.

They get used and they get in contact and they drink a beautiful, uh, Sauvignon, for example, a Gruner Veltliner.

Uh, ten years ago, nobody, nobody knew about it, and now people start to learn it.

So I think people are discovering more and more about Italy and ask more and more about, yeah, for special, uh, special things.

Dry Vouvray is definitely my number one with sage brown butter.

However, Gruner Veltliner, hey, we just talked about the greats from Wachau.

Maybe a Smaragd if you listen to that show, or another medium-bodied Gruner.

Those white peppery, herbal, sometimes tropical and apple notes, you need a medium to full bodied Gruner.

That's a reference point, right? Same.

I don't know if Gruner Veltliner is testable or not.

I think it is.

It is even in advance now.

White wines like Alagote, the Greek Aristico, or Italian Fiano, you can drink all summer long.

And as the weather gets hotter, I usually share bottles of Austrian Gruner Veltliner, Marseille from southern France, Muscadet, Palomino, Pinot Blanc, of course, and Roussaint.

There's Torontes and Verdejo.

A nice Italian summer white is Vermentino.

It's a white.

I've often described it as Audi's Gruner Veltliner.

In the UK, it's an Audi wine.

I think people...

When people wanted to think that they were buying bougier than Sauvignon Blanc but still continuing to play pretty rock-bottom prices, Pickpool's always been a great option.

But the other, like I say, Gruner Veltliner, there's one, there's a boxed Gruner.

I forget what it's called.

I can see it now though.