A Wild ‘Wild’ Rosé
Blauer Wildbacher (BW) (blo-er wield-baa-kher) is a very peculiar grape that is found only in the southern part of Austria called Styria. This happens to be the smallest wine region of Austria with 550Ha of vines. That is even lesser than the 700Ha vine region around the capital of Vienna, which incidentally, is the only capital in the world with an established (and successful, if I may add) wine business.
Back to Styria, of their 550Ha, almost 400+ Ha are planted with the BW. It gives a black grape but little red is made from it. When the wine is called BW on a list it is usually red; Schilcher (Shil-kher) refers to the pale rosé version.
Shiclcher, for the uninitiated can be quite a revolution of tastes. As I say, it is the rose with balls! Read more
