In december the annual wine blessing took place in Markt Hartmannsdorf. It's part of the occasion to taste wine in the church when everything is over. This day is always a little bit special. I reminds me how much work I had in the vineyards, the weather, what happend during harvest, good times, bad [...]

One of a typical tradition here in the Steiermark is to bless wine of the new harvest at 27th of december. This is the day of holy John (Johannes). What I do on this day is to bring some bottles to church and top up my barrels with this wine and its contained "spirit"! The [...]