Live from VieVinum 2026 in Vienna with Raphael of Weingut Kodolitsch in southern Styria, an exhibitor at CCWS Copenhagen 2026. Styria is Austria's southernmost wine region and, because it lies close to the Alps, also its coolest. We talk about single-vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, why a quarter of the estate is Riesling, Welschriesling as "the Styrian answer to Aligoté", 20 hectares of steep slopes farmed by hand, and why winemakers are farmers first.
Interview in English.
📍 Tillmitsch near Leibnitz, Südsteiermark, Austria
In the glass: Sauvignon Blanc Ried Rosengarten
- 100% clay soil, one night on the skins
- 24 months on the full lees in 500-litre barrels, with malolactic fermentation
- 13.5% alcohol
Chapters
00:00 Welcome at VieVinum
00:13 Looking back at Copenhagen 2026
00:54 Styria: the coolest region in the south
01:54 Riesling and Welschriesling in Styria
03:01 Tasting the Sauvignon Blanc Ried Rosengarten
04:46 If not a winemaker: volunteer firefighter
05:40 Influences: Johann Donabaum
07:05 His personality as a bottle of wine
08:09 20 hectares of steep slopes and sustainability
09:09 Certification, economics and farming
11:04 Rain, water and climate
11:22 Export: the North, Kazakhstan and India
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