It's january, the snow-month. But for this we can search a lot - we have here in styria quite moderate temperatures, no snow, not even rain for months. It's not a big problem in the vineyards at the moment. The vineyards fortunately tend to root deep. So it's no problem with rain now -  but [...]

Finally all waiting has an end! The new wines will be bottled in about 12 days.  These wines will be the single vineyard wines called Buchertberg White, Buchertberg Red and Eisenberger Hummergraben. I totally avoid early bottlings, every wine should get its time what is essential to it.
This year the single vineyard wines Buchertberg White, [...]

Spring started early and dry. Therefore on fruit trees and in forests millions and millions of aphids increased. This is perfect food for wasps and hornets - especially wasps. The last ten years there hasn't been such a high population of wasps in Styria, Austria. But what has this to do with vineyards and wine? [...]

The vineyards at Buchert hill are (lucky me) healthy and vital.
Frost damage in spring is what in the last 5 years has not happend. That's why this is something new to me. Different wine regions in Austria report more or less damage. Wachau region seems to be more affected than Burgenland. Circumstances in Styria (Steiermark) [...]