my 2nd Day

We headed out of Vienna towards another hotspot of good Austrian wine - Burgenland, a special place which produces more red wines than whites (which is fairly unusual in Austria). Woke up early today and had breakfast at the hotel cafe, and was surprised to be greeted by a group of taiwanese tourists chomping down Austrian staples - like Pretzel bread, Proscuitto, Hams and Salami - early in the morning. This is the 2nd day I'm having the same type of breakfast. Hope there will be improvement tomorrow.

Here in Burgenland, one of our stops was at Weingut Nittnaus - which is an award winning winery, with very special elegant wines.

I was sincerely impressed by Hans Nittnaus, the wine maker. He had a flair of making quality wines that were elegant, and so good to drink, yet retaining the simplicity of wine making. He was also a very down to earth, and approachable person. And I must say this definitely impressed me. His ultimate showcased to us must be the 1999 Comodor - which had a light toast (due to the use of new French Oak), with strong red berries nose, which I found pleasant.

The other thing that impressed me was their lovely dog - Moritz ( I think it's spelt this way). Here's a lovely picture of him. He's such a lovely dog and we had lots of fun playing with him and his ball before we made our way to the next stop.