This past February from 1 to 21, 49 wineries, from large cooperatives, including Domäne Wachau to boutique wineries, such as Weinhof Locknbauer in Styria, took part in the second edition of the pop-up in Paris. Once again, we were open every evening from 6 p.m. to midnight, and both wine experts and consumers, had the opportunity to taste 63 different wines. Similar to last year, only tips were requested, but this time we had a VAT number making it possible for anyone to purchase bottles.

I wanted to send this newsletter out several weeks ago to tell you all about the harvest. But I didn’t. I couldn’t, because the harvest only finished on 28 September. Once again Mother Nature had other plans.

By mid-December all of the bottles will be shipped from the cellar into the hands of wine drinkers around the world including Austria, England, Estonia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa and the USA — pretty cool.