Fritz & Frieda

31/03/2025

My son, 12 years old, insists that he will never drink alcohol- ever- in his entire life. Fair enough, my parents would have been very relieved to hear these words out of my mouth when I was 16. Things have changed since then. Young people don't drink as much alcohol as we did when we (40+) were

09/09/2024

Vintage 2000 was the first vintage I actively took part in, hand-picking my first grapes and starting to learn about viticulture and winemaking. Until last week, I seriously had the feeling that there’s hardly anything out there in the vineyards that can still surprise me but this vintage has turn...

29/08/2024

A couple of weeks ago Christina forwarded an email with the official IWSC entry invitation to me and suggested that we could enter one of our wines- just for fun. Knowing from experience that one should never contradict Christina ;-) I sent in our Weinviertel DAC as I thought it might be interesting

27/06/2024

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1781. It's quite common to see an ornate, old fashioned looking framed document hung up on a wall in a winegrower's house in Poysdorf. I've seen many of these on several occasions without giving them special attention. In 1982 the Farmer's Union awarded these documents to the oldest farmer's f

25/06/2024

So excited! Fritz & Frieda Weinviertel DAC and Welschriesling 2023 were recently tasted by Harold Hamersma, leading wine critic of the Netherlands. Both wines were awarded stunning 9+ points - meaning we are currently no 1 and 2 in his ranking of the best white wines under € 10.- in the Netherlands!

It's so nice to read Harold Hamersma's review of our DAC. Focus, hard work and passion for wine can really create something special...
https://www.degrotehamersma.nl/wijn/wit/219395/fritz-frieda-gruner-veltliner/

16/04/2024

„April showers bring May flowers“, they say. Well, April has mainly brought us sunshine with temperatures up to 30°C so far. Knowing that it's April, I am not surprised that yesterday, I had to dig out last year's sunscreen and today I am back in my winter coat with an umbrella in my hand. The ...

22/02/2024

Wow! No 1 and 6 in the ranking of Harold Hamersma's top 10 wines!

19/09/2023

Generally not an easy decision! Many different aspects have to be taken into consideration. To name a few, we have to think about ripeness of the grapes, weather forecast, style of wine we want to produce of course, botrytis pressure, resources (both human and machine), fermentation and storage capa

25/05/2023

20 minutes and that was it! BAM! We didn’t really see it coming except for the ominous black clouds that were approaching from the north-west but hey, we’re still in May and that’s not really the usual time for severe thunderstorms here… We were hit by a hailstorm last Tuesday, pretty badly ...

19/04/2023

...well, almost, out of pure gratitude and joy - even though I had to remind myself that rain was a good thing after coming in from feeding the horses this morning, being soaking wet and covered in mud. We had plenty of rain over the past week and one can almost hear the gasp of relief amongst th

05/12/2022

Bright and sunny news on a cold and wet December day! Leading Dutch wine critic Nicolaas Klei has included our Fritz & Frieda Weinviertel DAC Grüner Veltliner in his selection of the best wines of 2022! What an honor and what a review- we are thrilled! “A Grüner Veltliner with its cheer

30/11/2022

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Out first serious tasting of the new wines with a proper sit-down tasting setup and comprehensive notes on the new wines usually takes place in late November/early December. It's an exciting event and we have put down strict rules for it. We are ruthlessly honest with our feedback on each other's