Wanted: Listed Austrians
Dear B.Juice Reader:
Look, I know over the last several months I have let you down. My per-week posting rate has dropped dramatically. Forgive me. However, as many out there know, it's incredibly draining to write nearly every day about wine (especially when one considers the fact that I live in #$%#$%ing Ut.). However, my pledge to you is this: I will go for quality over quantity. The Juice may not be as freshly updated as it once was, but in the near future, you will see seriously good stuff.
Ok. Now that you've been slathered with butter substitute, I've got a favor to ask:
Have you seen a good selection of Austrian wine on a wine list or in a retail shop? And by good selection, I don't mean 1-2 bottles of G. Veltliner gathering dust on a rack. I mean, you've visited a restaurant or shop that offers a gaggle (or at least 4-6 bottles) of tasty Austrian wine.So, if you have a favored sipping or shopping spot for Oesterreichische Weine, please let me know in the comments! Danke & Cheers.



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I'm confident there is at least one person in blogland who can't get enough of Basic Juice (hopefully, other than family members). As you know, I go coo-coo for Austrian wine. However, I didn't want Basic Juice to become Einfacher Saft. So, the nice folks at
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Towards the end of my Austrian Adventure, the Centigrade poked it's head over 30 a number of times. Add a little Luftfeuchtigkeit (humidity) to this temperature, and I become a bipedal sweat waterfall. My goal under such climatic conditions is to seek shade, air movement and a cool beverage. Many of Austria's young white wines hit the spot. However, I quickly realized, in my soggy state, that I was gulping rather than sipping. At $6-$7 per fill-up, a glass of wine isn't the ideal solution to lower body temp & refresh. What to do? One day at an outdoor cafe, I decided to take a cue from my fellow refreshment seekers. Many of them were drinking G'spritzters. A G'spritzter is simply wine (white or red) mixed with cold club soda. I was hesitant to take the G'spritzter G'plunge. I mean, once we begin adulterating wine, aren't we just a stone's throw from that slippery slope called, "Arbor Mist?" But heat makes people do crazy things, so I relented an ordered up a large white wine G'spritzter.




















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