Franz Etz Gruner Veltliner 2024 (1L) Old Rioja peppery and light on its

peppery and light on its feet: red berries

the Irish immigrant who adapted his family's whiskey recipe to work with the grains he found in Kentucky

The standard for many a Negroni or Manhattan recipe

turning steely and linear and saline instead of tropical

dry season that nonetheless yielded balanced

Franz Etz Gruner Veltliner 2024 (1L) Old Rioja peppery and light on itsThe liter bottle is a statement of intent: this is not a wine you agonize over. It's the one you open on a Tuesday because dinner is happening and you'd like it to be more fun. The Etz family has been farming in Austria's Kamptal for four generations, and their Gruner sees nothing but stainless steel no oak, no fuss, just the grape's white pepper snap and orchard fruit turned all the way up. There's a real mineral streak on the finish, which is the