Just before the new wines will find the way into the bottles and season 2011 will start, I want to make a review what happend last year. It's enough time, because (it seems that) this winter will be a little bit longer as usual. My focus will be on my home region styria (Steiermark), by [...]

Picture (c) Rachel Wirth
In the finnisch magazine for gastronomy "ProResto" a 5 pages long article was published about the Herrenhof a few days ago. Author is Arto Koskelo who is also very active on his wine video website Viini.tv. Link to the finnish text. Or scroll through the magazine online!

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"Startin" is under wine aficionados an unknown word. It's an old gallon mostly used in Steiermark (Styria) for wine barrels. Originally with a capacity of approx. 566l, 600l are more common today. For example the half "Stück" barrels in the german Rheingau region have a similar size. Startin barrels have several advantages for aging wine. [...]

The last days here at the estate were really warm. Nature is in starting position and with just a litte rain (todays rainfall), everything will explode - in a positive way. Most of my work is outside. There is always time to shoot some snapshots. The picture on top is a "7 dot lady beetle" [...]