The Stift Goettweig Monastary
Jancis Robinson, the doyenne of Britsh wine writers, just published her associate Tamlyn Currin's long and lovely tasting-list of extraordinary wines from Stift Goettweig, dating back to the 1980s—new releases as well as "ancient" bottlings that our friend Fritz Miesbauer found stashed away in a dark corner of the monks' private cellar.
The 26 hectares of vines at Goettweig are planted mostly to Grüner Veltliner, with half as much Riesling, a small but important patch of Pinot Noir and some ...