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Weingut Bründlmayer A beacon for Austrian wine Good news for all passionate vintners and wine experts: The demand for premium wines is expected to rise by almost 20 per cent in the UK over the coming years. The trend: drink less but better. A closer look at one of Austria’s leading wineries, the Weingut Bründlmayer, reveals just how much dedication is needed to produce the pure aromas and complex flavours we love. TEXT: CORDELIA MAKARTSEV | PHOTOS: BRÜNDLMAYER
Wines from the Bründlmayer estate have cemented their place at the top of national and international competitions.Vintner Willi Bründlmayer, who runs the estate together with his French wife Edwige and son Vincent, has been repeatedly voted one of the
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world’s greatest wine producers and is ranked among the 50 most influential personalities in the wine world.“Almost every wine, from the lightest Grüner Veltliner to the red wines and the sparkling wines, has what it takes to be the best of the vintage in
its category,”states the renowned wine magazine Falstaff about the Bründlmayer wines in its Ultimate Austrian Wines Guide 2013. When asked where his secret lies, Willi Bründlmayer remains modest: ”Besides