Wine tasting- Kipferl

Today I went for a really nice wine tasting in the austrian delicatessen shop Kipferl, on 70 Long Lane, just around the corner from Barbican.

What I liked about this wine tasting was that the atmosphere was very cosy, because the shop is small and it was just the right amount of people there.

On the wine tasting program were six wines from Austria. 2 white, 2 red and 2 sweet.
The first wine was from Matthias Hager, Mollands from the region Kamptal, which is a region in the north of Austria. It is a deep valley surrounding the Kamp river. The wine had a peppery fashion note, it was very tasty, although I am not a Veltliner fan.
From the reds I liked the St. Laurent, Klassik 2005 the most as it was very intense and associated with dark berries, prune and a hint of chocolate.
From the sweet wines, my absolute favourite was from Helmut Lang, Illmitz, a Chardonnay Beerenauslese 2006 from the region of Neusiedlersee, which is the 2nd largest steppe lake in central Europe between the borders of Austria and Hungary. The taste of this wine was amazing. It had hints of pineapple, lemon grass and dried fruit.
With every wine we got nibbles. For the reds and whites there was Salami, Speck, Mortadella, gherkins, garlic, very aromatic cheese and nice bread. For the sweet wines we got served Vanillekipferl- austrian cookies and dark chocolate.
It was a perfect evening and I got to know many people, not only Austrians, also English people who appreciate good wine.

If you want to know more about austrian wines ther are two good pages to get a first impression: austrian wine and Wikipedia on austrian wine.