The Estate... Weingut Setzer is located in Hohenwarth, a town in Weinviertel, an Austrian region close to Kamptal & Kremstal, 15 miles north of the Danube. Hans & Uli Setzer are the husband and wife team that run this 15-hectare estate with intelligence, charm, and purpose. Their wines are on many of the top wine lists in Austria, not to mention being a house-estate for the Vienna Symphoniker Orchestra.

The Wine... Lively, crisp, and quite dry with enough weight in the texture to give the wine an extra dimension of appeal.  There is a notable creaminess on the finish.

The Grape... Gruner Veltliner (GROO-ner Felt-LEE-ner) is a native grape variety to Austria. Pinot Grigio may be the choice of the masses, but amongst the cognoscenti Gruner Veltliner is the order. Clean and refreshing tasting, Gruner Vetliners are really great with summer foods. Terry Theise, a wine importer, from Washington D.C. who’s been a tireless advocate of these wines says Gruners are perfect with vegetables with “the flintiness of a Sauvignon Blanc and the floral notes of a Viognier, making it the most flexible dry white wine with food.”