Bernhard Ott, Gruner Veltliner 'Am Berg', 2025 AFKAT_2024 Ente farms without chemical weedkillers

Ente farms without chemical weedkillers and ages the wine patiently in mostly older oak to keep its precision intact

The Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Murgers comes from 65-year-old vines in limestone and gravel soil at Nuits' northern boundary—the Vosne side—giving these wines the silky elegance Nuits is known for paired with Vosne's refinement

and lightly banana-inflected flavors remind us of agricole-style rhums

This is Grand Cru Burgundy with both presence and poise

crushed herbs

Bernhard Ott, Gruner Veltliner 'Am Berg', 2025 AFKAT_2024 Ente farms without chemical weedkillersBernhard Ott is one of Austria's acknowledged masters of Gruner Veltliner, and 'Am Berg' is the wine that shows why his whole range is worth chasing. It's the entry point to his lineup, but there's nothing entry level about the farming: the Ott family has worked the Wagram, northwest of Vienna, since the 1880s, and Bernhard converted the estate to biodynamics years ago. The grapes come from the region's deep loess soils, which give Gruner its