"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. [...]

Do you know what Opok soil is?
It's a type of tertiary soil, which is very common on our site Buchertberg. It maybe comes from the slovenian language and means clay or marl. If you want to prepare this soil with machines it's very hard because this type is more or less compact, sometimes stony. Stones [...]