{"id":296,"date":"2015-11-17T10:34:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T10:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thegrufiles.com.au\/?p=296"},"modified":"2015-11-17T11:47:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T11:47:30","slug":"adelaide-hills-the-confirmed-capital-of-gruner-veltliner-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegrufiles.com.au\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"Adelaide Hills – the confirmed capital of Gruner Veltliner in Australia!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hahndorf Hill\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>Winery
\n<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Adelaide Hills<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last month a Gruner Growers Group (GGG) meeting was held at Hahndorf Hill cellar door.\u00c2\u00a0 The main purpose of the meeting was to taste some examples from top Austrian Gruner producers and also to review all the Gruners produced from the 2015 Adelaide Hills vintage.<\/p>\n

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Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner tasting, Hahndorf Hill Oct 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

I can happily report that it was a long and interesting morning. After tasting the flight of seven imported wines, we then proceeded to sniff and swirl our way through no less than 21 examples of Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliners.
\nThere are now 17 Gruner producers who make wine from Adelaide Hills fruit, with several making more than one style \u00e2\u20ac\u201c hence the 21 wines.<\/p>\n

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Glasses await Gruner – Tasting Oct 2015 Hahndorf Hill<\/p><\/div>\n

It is very gratifying to see how this variety has evolved and expanded in the Adelaide Hills with so many excellent examples of different styles of this wine.<\/p>\n

Within six years of this variety being introduced to the region, there is now far more acreage of Gruner V planted in the Adelaide Hills than in the rest of Australia combined. It is also now the most planted of the so-called white alternative grape varieties in our region, with the exception of Viognier (which has been around since the late 1980\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s). As a consequence of this, the Adelaide Hills wine show is now the first regional wine show in Australia to have a dedicated Gruner Veltliner category included in its schedule.<\/p>\n

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List of Austrian wines tasted:
\nWeingut Am Berg<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Kellerberg Gr\u00c3\u00bcner Veltliner\u00c2\u00a0 2014\u00c2\u00a0 – (12.5% alc)\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Kamptal region
\nWeingut Br\u00c3\u00bcndlmayer\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>Berg Vogelsang Gr\u00c3\u00bcner Veltliner 2013 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c (12.5% alc)\u00c2\u00a0 – Kamptal region
\nJurtschitsch\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Lamm Gr\u00c3\u00bcner Veltliner Kamptal Reserve \u00e2\u20ac\u201c (13.5% alc)\u00c2\u00a0 – Kamptal region
\nWeingut Hirtl<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Kirchberg Gr\u00c3\u00bcner Veltliner 2014 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c (12.5% alc) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Weinvertel region
\nWeingut Knoll<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Loibner Gr\u00c3\u00bcner Veltliner Steinfeder 2014 (11.0% alc) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Wachau region
\nWeingut Franz<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Hirtzberger<\/strong> Honivogl Gruner Veltliner Smaragd 2014 (13.5% alc)\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Wachau region
\nWeingut Br\u00c3\u00bcndlmayer\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Vincent Spiegel Reserve Gruner Veltliner 2013 (13.5% alc) – Kamptal region<\/p>\n

Current list of Gruner producers who use Adelaide Hills grown fruit:
\nAlan & Veitch<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.robertjohnsonvineyards.com.au
\nBy Jingo<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/byjingowines.com
\nCatlin Wines<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.catlinwines.com.au
\nCRFT<\/strong> wines\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.crftwines.com.au
\nHahndorf Hill Winery<\/strong> \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.hahndorfhillwinery.com.au
\nHenschke Wines<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 https:\/\/henschke.com.au
\nK1 Wines \/ Handcrafted by Geoff Hardy<\/strong> \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0http:\/\/www.winesbygeoffhardy.com.au
\nLandhaus<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.landhauswines.com.au
\nLongview Vineyard<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.longviewvineyard.com.au
\nMain & Cherry<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/mainandcherry.com.au
\nMt Bera<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/mtberavineyards.com.au
\nNepenthe<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.nepenthe.com.au
\nNova Vita<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.novavitawines.com.au
\nPike & Joyce<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 https:\/\/www.pikeandjoyce.com.au
\nSmidge Wines<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.smidgewines.com
\nThe Pawn Wine Co<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.thepawn.com.au
\nTomich Wines<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 http:\/\/www.tomichhill.com.au<\/p>\n

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Aftermath – Gruner tasting at Hahndorf Hill<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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