Wine cellar / Vineyard
Wine cellar, Wine shop & Vineyard – Hotel Pichlmayrgut, Austria
Wine is one of your host Christian Steiner’s favorite topics. When attending a wine tasting you will learn everything about the large wine cellar and the vineyard owned by the Steiner family in the south of Styria, which is a famous white wine region in Austria.
The wine menu at Hotel Pichlmayrgut will make it hard to choose. A great number of fantastic red and white wines, rosès and sparkling wines will fight for your attention. The competent service staff will be happy to be of assistance when you are trying to choose the right drop to accompany your gourmet food. And if your host Christian Steiner finds some spare time, he will try and share his extensive knowledge about wine with you.
Guided wine tours through the large underground wine cellar, including wine tasting, are a fantastic experience. The educated sommelier will share his extensive knowledge and loads of entertaining anecdotes around his favourite topic: fine Austrian wine.
The spectacular underground arches are home to over 1,000 top wines from Austria and the best wine regions world-wide. Of course you will be able to purchase some of the exquisite wines from the hotel’s own wine shop. Christian Steiner will recommend the right choice for you, based on your personal taste, but not just wine - also champagne or brandy.
One of those rather fine wines is the Sauvignon Blanc from the Steiner family’s own vineyard in Gamlitz in the south of Styria. This particular grape variety has received international attention lately. Styria, in the south-east of Austria, is seen as one of the best regions for Sauvignon Blanc, especially since the more aromatic and intensive wines are succeeding on an international level. Styria in Austria offers perfect conditions with the special climate and the perfect soil required for growing Sauvignon Blanc.
The continental conditions lead to strong differences in temperatures. During summer it is very warm and even hot, during winter it gets rather cold. Also, the differences in temperature between day and night are quite extreme. But the location south of the Alps and the orientation towards the south also come through. The Mediterranean influence helps with a softening of the extremes. The comparatively high rainfall levels provide fresh minerals for the schist.
The results are absolutely delicious – but only available at Hotel Pichlmayrgut near Schladming in Austria. The hotel’s own Sauvignon Blanc comes across as opulent, with body and extract. The acid level and aroma depth will convince you. Overall we find an intensive, spicy, fruity Sauvignon Blanc.
Are you a wine lover? Then you should make your way to Schladming in Austria. At the Hotel Pichlmayrgut you will enter a wine lovers’ paradise. Best send a non-committal request for your room straight away.
