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Our wine tips for the barbecue: From the Wachau to the Priorat

27 March, 2024

of Marcus Hofschuster in Tasting ÖWM - Robert Herbst

Marcus Hofschuster and Kim Schreiber tasted over 300 wines at the start of the barbecue season: From more than just Austrian Grüner Veltliner and Zweigelt to red and white wines from Spain. The best are here!

Every now and then we taste wines on a particular topic, but there are not enough of them to cover in a separate article. But we don't want them to get lost among the many thousands of wines we taste every year.

These may be wines from a particular variety, a region of origin, a specific type or production method, a seasonally interesting selection or any other relevant category. We have created this section for them.

This time it's not just about Austrian Grüner Veltliner and Zweigelt, but also red and white wines as well as a few rosés and sparkling wines from Spain. We present the best wines here; links to all the results and the respective producers can be found at the end of each list.

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Grüner Veltliner from Austria, Italy and Germany

Weingut Herbert Zillinger — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2016 Grüner Veltliner trocken "Radikal" Edition Z 96 WP great 43.00 €

Weingut Bründlmayer Langenlois — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Spiegel Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken "Vincent" 95 WP great 48.00 €

Rudi Pichler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Wachau DAC Ried Achleiten Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 95 WP great 49.00 €

Rudi Pichler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Wachau DAC Ried Hochrain Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 94 WP excellent 29.00 €

Josef & Georg Högl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Schön Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken "Alte Parzellen" 93 WP excellent 50.00 €

Weingut Herbert Zillinger — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Grüner Veltliner trocken "2021" limited edition 93 WP excellent 39.00 €

Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Lamm Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken 93 WP excellent 43.00 €

Johann Topf — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Gaisberg Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken 93 WP excellent 30.00 €

Weingut Georg Frischengruber — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Grüner Veltliner trocken "Meine Welt" 33.00 €

Weingut Bründlmayer Langenlois — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Käferberg Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken 93 WP excellent 48.00 €

Martin Nigl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Kremstal DAC Ried Kirchenberg Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken "Herzstück" 92 WP excellent 42.00 €

Weingut Herbert Zillinger — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Grüner Veltliner trocken "Hirschenreyn" 92 WP excellent 23.00 €

Weingut Sommer — Austria 2021 Grüner Veltliner Landwein trocken "Salz und Rauch" 92 WP excellent 29.00 €

Weingut A. und F. Proidl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Kremstal DAC Ried Ehrenfels Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried Reserve trocken 35.00 €

Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Grub Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken 92 WP excellent 34.00 €

Weingut Rabl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Käferberg Grüner Veltliner Reserve trocken Alte Reben 91 WP excellent 19.00 €

Weingut Georg Frischengruber — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2019 Wachau Ried Kirnberg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken Late Release 27.00 €

Johann Topf — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Offenberg Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken 92 WP excellent 29.80 €

Weingut Georg Frischengruber — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Kirnberg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 23.00 €

Weingut Bäuerl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Kellerberg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 92 WP excellent 29.00 €

Weingut PAX — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Kollmitz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 91 WP excellent 32.00 €

Weingut Hiedler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2017 Kamptal DAC Ried Kittmannsberg Grüner Veltliner Reserve trocken ÖTW Erste Lage 91 WP excellent 21.00 €

Josef & Georg Högl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Kaiserberg Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 91 WP excellent 33.00 €

Martin Nigl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Kremstal DAC Ried Pellingen Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken "Privat" 91 WP excellent 35.00 €

Weingut Herbert Zillinger — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Grüner Veltliner trocken "Kalkvogel" 91 WP excellent 32.00 €

Weingut Karl Lagler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Wachau DAC Grüner Veltliner trocken "Elisabeth Selection" 91 WP excellent 28.00 €

Weingut Rabl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Loiserberg Grüner Veltliner Reserve trocken Alte Reben 90 WP excellent 17.00 €

Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Renner Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken 91 WP excellent 27.00 €

Weingut Georg Frischengruber — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Zanzl Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 23.00 €

Johann Topf — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kamptal DAC Ried Renner Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken 91 WP excellent 28.50 €

Grabenwerkstatt — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2017 Wachau Ried Brandstatt Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 45.00 €

Rudi Pichler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Wachau DAC Ried Kollmütz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 91 WP excellent 29.00 €

Martin Nigl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kremstal DAC Ried Kirchenberg Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken "Herzstück" 91 WP excellent 38.00 €

Weingut Garlider — 2019 Mitterberg IGT Grüner Veltliner "Hautnah" 90 WP excellent 35.00 €

Weingut PAX — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Pichl Point Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 90 WP excellent 30.00 €

Weingut PAX — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Hochrain Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 90 WP excellent 30.00 €

Josef & Georg Högl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau Ried Brandstatt Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 90 WP excellent 33.00 €

Weingut Sommer — Burgenland 2021 Leithaberg DAC Ried Halser Grüner Veltliner trocken 90 WP excellent 34.00 €

Weingut Zöhrer — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Kremstal DAC Ried Wachtberg Grüner Veltliner trocken "Schieferterrassen" 90 WP excellent 18.00 €

Weingut A. und F. Proidl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Kremstal DAC Ried Pellingen Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried Reserve trocken 30.00 €

Weingut Zöhrer — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Kremstal DAC Grüner Veltliner Reserve trocken Urgestein, Löss & Schieferterrassen "Urknall" 90 WP excellent 29.00 €

Weingut Karl Lagler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Wachau DAC Ried Steinporz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 90 WP excellent 24.00 €

Weingut Karl Lagler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2018 Wachau Ried Steinporz Grüner Veltliner Smaragd® trocken 90 WP excellent 19.90 €

Weingut Karl Lagler — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Wachau DAC Grüner Veltliner trocken "Edition Traditionell" 90 WP excellent 20.00 €

Weingut Stift Göttweig — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2017 Kremstal DAC Ried Gottschelle Grüner Veltliner Reserve trocken ÖTW Erste Lage 26.50 €

Martin Nigl — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Kremstal DAC Ried Pellingen Grüner Veltliner Erste ÖTW Ried trocken "Privat" 90 WP excellent 33.00 €

All 165 wines including retasted older vintages

Zweigelt from Austria and Germany

Weingut Georg Preisinger — Burgenland 2017 Neusiedlersee DAC Gols trocken "Dorfweingarten - Sixty-Eight" 91 WP excellent Up to 28.00 €

Weingut Winkler-Hermaden — Styria/Steiermark 2020 trocken "OLIVIN" 90 WP excellent 21.00 €

Weingut Christoph Bauer — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Zweigelt trocken "nur Zweigelt" 89 WP very good 22.00 €

Weingut Johann Gisperg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2021 Thermenregion Ried Holzspur Zweigelt Reserve trocken 89 WP very good 25.00 €

Weingut Winkler-Hermaden — Styria/Steiermark 2019 trocken "OLIVIN" 89 WP very good 21.00 €

Weingut Zimmerle — 2020 Korb Sommerhalde Zweigelt trocken "Goldadler" 89 WP very good 36.00 €

Weingut Eisele — Neckar 2021 Zweigelt Landwein trocken "Muschelkalk" Silberkapsel 88 WP very good 16.00 €

Weingut Schloss Gobelsburg — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2019 Zweigelt Reserve trocken 88 WP very good

Weingut Uwe Geßner — Franconia/Franken 2021 Hergolshausen Mainleite Zweigelt trocken 88 WP very good 14.50 €

Weingut K+K Walter und Irmgard Kirnbauer — Burgenland 2020 Ried Girmer Zweigelt Reserve trocken 17.50 €

Markus Lager — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2019 Carnuntum DAC Göttlesbrunn trocken 88 WP very good 16.00 €

Weingut Rudloff — Franconia/Franken 2021 Nordheim Kreuzberg Blauer Zweigelt trocken "Klassische Beere" 88 WP very good 13.90 €

Markus Lager — Lower Austria/Niederösterreich 2022 Carnuntum DAC trocken "Rubin Carnuntum" 88 WP very good 11.00 €

All 50 wines

Red wines from Rioja

Bodegas Marqués de Murrieta, S.A. — La Rioja 2011 D.O.Ca Rioja Gran Reserva Castillo Ygay Especial

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2017 D.O.Ca Rioja Garnacha Proelio "La Canal del Rojo" 92 WP excellent Up to 60.00 €

La Rioja Alta, S.A. — La Rioja 2012 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva "Viña Ardanza" Up to 25.00 €

Marqués de Riscal — La Rioja 2017 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva "XR" 91 WP excellent 25.80 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2018 D.O.Ca Rioja Tempranillo Proelio "Puerto Rubio" 91 WP excellent Up to 60.00 €

Finca Valpiedra, S.L. — La Rioja 2016 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva 21.65 €

Finca Valpiedra, S.L. — La Rioja 2019 D.O.Ca Rioja Garnacha "Petra" 40.30 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2017 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva Proelio "Vendimie Seleccionada" 90 WP excellent Up to 25.00 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2019 D.O.Ca Rioja Garnacha Proelio "Viñedos Viejos" 89 WP very good Up to 20.00 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2018 D.O.Ca Rioja Proelio 89 WP very good Up to 25.00 €

Finca Valpiedra, S.L. — La Rioja 2019 D.O.Ca Rioja Crianza "Cantos de Valpiedra" 10.25 €

Marqués de Riscal — La Rioja 2019 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva "Marqués de Riscal" 88 WP very good 16.90 €

All 20 wines including retasted older vintages

Red wines from the Ribera del Duero

Bodegas Vega Sicilia — 2008 D.O. Ribera del Duero "Valbuena" 5.° Up to 200.00 €

Protos — 2019 D.O. Ribera del Duero Selección "Finca el Grajo Viejo" 93 WP excellent 69.50 €

Protos — 2015 D.O. Ribera del Duero Gran Reserva 92 WP excellent 53.50 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — 2019 D.O. Ribera del Duero Trus "Pico de Luyas" 92 WP excellent Up to 75.00 €

Bodegas y Viñedos Tamaral — 2020 D.O. Ribera del Duero "Finca Velia" 92 WP excellent Up to 43.00 €

Bodegas Hnos. Pérez Pascuas, S.L. — 2010 D.O. Ribera del Duero Reserva Viña Pedrosa

Bodegas La Horra — 2009 D.O. Ribera del Duero Corimbo I Up to 50.00 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — 2017 D.O. Ribera del Duero Reserva Trus 91 WP excellent Up to 40.00 €

Tinto Pesquera — 2019 D.O. Ribera del Duero Reserva "Tinto Pesquera" Up to 30.00 €

Protos — 2017 D.O. Ribera del Duero Reserva "5º Año" 90 WP excellent 29.95 €

Protos — 2020 D.O. Ribera del Duero "Protos'27" 90 WP excellent 28.95 €

Condado de Haza — 2019 V.T. Castilla y León "20 Aldeas" Up to 20.00 €

Condado de Haza — 2018 D.O. Ribera del Duero Reserva 25.00 €

Bodegas y Viñedos Tamaral — 2018 D.O. Ribera del Duero "Finca La Mira" 89 WP very good Up to 44.00 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — 2020 D.O. Ribera del Duero Trus "Punto Geodésico" 89 WP very good Up to 35.00 €

Dehesa La Granja — 2019 Dehesa La Granja Up to 15.00 €

Protos — 2019 D.O. Ribera del Duero Crianza 88 WP very good 18.95 €

Bodegas y Viñedos Tamaral — 2018 D.O. Ribera del Duero Reserva 88 WP very good Up to 28.00 €

Protos — 2021 D.O. Ribera del Duero "9 Meses" 88 WP very good 12.95 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — 2019 D.O. Ribera del Duero Crianza Trus 88 WP very good Up to 20.00 €

Condado de Haza — 2020 D.O. Ribera del Duero Crianza Condado de Haza Up to 20.00 €

All 30 wines including retasted older vintages

Red wines from Catalonia

Clos Mogador, S.C.C.L. — 2020 D.O.Q Priorat Clos Mogador 85.00 €

La Conreria d'Scala Dei — 2018 D.O.Q Priorat "Coster del Mario" 102.25 €

La Conreria d'Scala Dei — 2019 D.O.Q Priorat "Voltons" 56.00 €

Celler Devinssi — 2020 D.O.Q Priorat "IL-LIA" 35.00 €

Clos Mogador, S.C.C.L. — 2018 D.O. Montsant "Com Tu" 34.00 €

Celler Perelada — 2018 D.O. Empordà Reserva "5 Finques"

Celler Devinssi — 2021 D.O.Q Priorat "Mas de les Valls" Negre 17.90 €

Genium Celler S.L. — 2016 D.O.Q Priorat "Ecològic" Up to 20.00 €

La Conreria d'Scala Dei — 2017 D.O.Q Priorat "Escaladei" 44.50 €

La Conreria d'Scala Dei — 2021 D.O.Q Priorat "Les Brugueres - Vi Negre"" 22.80 €

Pinord S.A. — 2007 D.O.Q Priorat +7 Up to 25.00 €

Celler de Capçanes — 2010 D.O. Catalunya Pinot Noir 5/x 88 WP very good

Casa Gran del Siurana — 2007 D.O.Q Priorat Gran Cruor Up to 50.00 €

All 18 wines including retasted older vintages

Spanish white wines

Finca Valpiedra, S.L. — La Rioja 2017 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva 52.95 €

Familia Martínez Bujanda — 2020 D.O. Rueda Verdejo Finca Montepedroso "Enoteca" 91 WP excellent 38.60 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2019 D.O.Ca Rioja Viura Nivarius "Valdesabril" 91 WP excellent Up to 60.00 €

Rodríguez y Sanzo — 2021 D.O. Rueda Verdejo "Bajo Velo" 90 WP excellent Up to 25.00 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2016 D.O.Ca Rioja Viura Reserva "Nivarius" 89 WP very good 40.00 €

La Conreria d'Scala Dei — 2021 D.O.Q Priorat "Primera Vinya - Les Brugueres" 36.50 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2017 D.O.Ca Rioja Maturana Blanca Nivarius "Finca La Nevera" 89 WP very good Up to 35.00 €

Finca Río Negro — Castilla-La Mancha 2020 Guadalajara Gewürztraminer 10.90 €

Clos d'Agon — 2017 D.O. Catalunya Blanco 88 WP very good 25.00 €

Bodegas Val de Vid — 2022 D.O. Rueda Verdejo "Condesa Eylo Barica" 88 WP very good Up to 15.00 €

Marqués de Riscal — 2022 D.O. Rueda Verdejo "Limousin" 88 WP very good 19.20 €

Rodríguez y Sanzo — 2022 D.O. Rueda Verdejo "El Quinto Paraje" 88 WP very good Up to 15.00 €

Bodega Cuatro Rayas — 2021 D.O. Rueda Verdejo "Longverdejo - Gran Vino de Rueda" 88 WP very good 17.50 €

Bodegas y Viñedos Tamaral — 2022 D.O. Rueda Verdejo 88 WP very good Up to 10.00 €

La Conreria d'Scala Dei — 2022 D.O.Q Priorat "Les Brugueres" 21.50 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2018 D.O.Ca Rioja Nivarius "Edición Limitada" 88 WP very good Up to 20.00 €

All 47 wines

Spanish rosé

Finca Parera — "Fins Als Kullons" Up to 20.00 €

Bodega Cuatro Rayas — 2022 V.T. Castilla y León Verdejo-Tempranillo Rosé "Organic" 86 WP very good Up to 9.00 €

Protos — 2022 D.O. Cigales Syrah-Tempranillo Rosé 86 WP very good 9.95 €

Protos — 2022 D.O. Cigales Rosado "aire DE Protos" 86 WP very good 8.95 €

All 6 wines

Spanish sparkling wine

Can Descregut, S.L. — 2016 Brut Nature "Memòria" (Deg.: 10/22)

Julia Bernet SCP — 2017 Brut Nature "130" (Deg.: 11.11.21)

Palacios Vinos de Finca — La Rioja 2017 D.O.Ca Rioja Reserva Brut Nature "Lìa by Nivarius" 88 WP very good 35.00 €

Palacios Vinos de Finca — Nivarius Rosado "Lia" 87 WP very good

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Currently tasted

Our wine tips for the barbecue: From the Wachau to the Priorat

Grüner Veltliner from Austria, Italy and Germany

Zweigelt from Austria and Germany

Red wines from Rioja

Red wines from the Ribera del Duero

Red wines from Catalonia

Spanish white wines

Spanish rosé

Spanish sparkling wine

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80-84 WP good

75-79 WP passable

70-74 WP schwach

60-69 WP insufficient

50-59 WP unacceptable