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https://drincwinewithjon.substack.com/p/i-drank-kapitel-zwei-orange-crush

300 liter tank with Müller Thurgau, Chenin Blanc, and a little Grüner Veltliner and Semillon. Assuming fermentation begins shortly, I will leave it on the skins -- how long will depend on the taste, which I will do every few days. Then it will be racked into amphora with the lees.

In total it took around 2.5 hours. From left to right:

1. The bottles were washed and then left upside down to dry.
2. The bottles are filled, we can do 6 simultaneously
3. Next the corker, sucks out a little bit of air and then pushes the cork in.
4. The bottles rest on the table for about 10 minutes before they are laid down on trays where they will be kept in the cool cellar until shipping in October/November 2026.

While we use a modern corker, I also have a hand corker, meaning this process could be done using no electricity.

The 2025 vintage includes (low intervention, unfiltered):
-Orange Crush - blend of Muller Thurgau and Riesling - foot stomped and left on the skins - bottled in clay 500ml
- Endlich - blend of Chenin Blanc and Gruner Veltliner - aged in amphora on the gross lees - 500 ml glass bottles
- Tummel Di - Riesling from two vineyards - aged in amphora on the gross lees - 500 ml glass bottles

Vienna Wine & Art Pop-Up — 23-25 July — Back in 1904, when this photo was taken, a wine tavern “buschenschank” existed at Lainzer Straße 7 and from 23-25 July more than 12 organic wineries are bringing one back.

From 18hr - 23hr you can taste more than 15 different red, white, orange, rosé and sparkling wines for free. And whatever bottles you ♥️will be available to purchase to takeaway. Some of the winemakers will be pouring their wines all evening. 

In Austria we grafted Zweigelt to Pinot Noir at the Feldtheorie Winery and Grüner Veltliner to Chenin Blanc for my winery (Kapitel Zwei Wine) . Prior to the grafting we have to brush off the old bark on a 10cm area to prepare for the cutting. It’s hard work in 30C heat. We will graft about 400 of each and while we don’t have a harvest this year, next year it should be normal harvest. In the video you can see the grafting of the bud on the existing 30 year old vine.

If you are curious to see how quickly a grapevine grows this will give you a little insight. The variety is Chenin Blanc. 3 years old, growing in Austria. It's a stand-alone vine that didn't fit in the row, so I am training it in the Mosel Heart technique where you take 2-3 canes and bind them on the stake in downward loops.

Servus, I was curious to see if the KlimaTicket is worth the 1400 EUR after 1 year, so I created a simple app to keep track of my ÖBB trips and u-bahn tickets. Maybe it is also useful for you? Send me a Reddit chat message with your email address and I will add you to the TestFlight. Only available for iOS. And full disclosure, I am a a wine grower, not an app developer, so feel free to give suggestions for the app, but this is just something I created with Claude to help me with my expenses. I may or may not make updates.