Austrian Wine between $10 and $25

Organic/Bio A blend of Syrah (dark, smoky, black-fruited), Merlot (red currant, plump, lightly herbal) and Zweigelt (juicy red-fruited fun!) all aged in with enough new French oak to give plenty of spicy complexity. Black raspberry... Read More

Lower ABV Another fine vintage for this intensely flavored, rich and zesty, take on Pinot Gris. It's jam-packed with aromas and flavors of spiced pear, golden apple, and ginger and wonderfully rich at just 13.0% alcohol. The... Read More

Lower ABV Leo Hillinger created Secco after an employee discovered she was battling breast cancer, and even today - more than 10 years later - a portion of the proceeds of his Secco sales go to breast cancer research. It's... Read More

Lower ABV Kind of a Cotes du Rhone-meets-California vibe going on here in this Austrian blend of 50% Merlot, 25% Pinot Noir and 25% St. Laurent. Big and cheerful aromas of crushed red and black cherry pull you into a darkly fruited... Read More

From 30-50 year old vines from one of the Wagram’s most important vineyards, Ried Rosenberg. Like Joe, Florian picks this rich, ripe, fruit later in the harvest and ferments most cool in stainless steel. But he’s also... Read More

Lower ABV Joe Bauer's son, Florian, has taken over here and is making wines with a touch more precision and energy with no loss of juicy, intense, flavor. This smells almost salty at first before scents of sliced Granny Smith... Read More

Lower ABV Gloriously dry, crisp, and DRY Riesling. It's full of classic, tangy, Riesling fruit flavors - early season peach, fresh tangerine, lime and lime zest - matched by aromatic fruit blossom and wet river stone minerality.... Read More

Lower ABV Not very closely related to Grüner Veltiner at all, Roter Veltliner is found scattered across Austria where it’s tightly packed bunches and tendency to set heavy crops makes it a tricky grape for fine wine.... Read More

From Kremstal, just across the Danube from Wachau, and the mother-daughter team of Helmu Muller-Grossman and Marlies Hanke. This is Grüner from very deep and heavy loess soils, with more richness and texture than you’d... Read More

If Riesling makes you think sweet or, at least, fruity, this is going to be an eye-opener! While there's a nice dollop of citric Riesling fruit, this is really about the stony, savory, side of Riesling. As Wine Enthusast says,... Read More

Lower ABV We've carried every vintage of this staggering value Grüner since the then 17 year-old Paul Direder presented us with his inaugural 2008. This is yet another winner with loads of minerality and fizzing with... Read More

Lower ABV For years, Paul Direder has made our best-selling value Gruner. Here he turns his hand to making the best value higher-end GV, one from 20-30 year-old vines in the famed Wagram Schlossberg vineyard. And he crushed it.... Read More

Lower ABV Mathias Ruttenstock is one of the masters of Röschitz, the coolest portion of Austria’s Weinviertel, the world’s best GV growing area that also includes Kamptal, Wagram and Wachau. Mathias is a 4th generation... Read More

Lower ABV Grüner for SB drinkers now, with pink grapefruit, Key lime, and Meyer lemon so fresh and bold it’s like a squirt in the eye! There's an assertive prickle and freshness and sense of salty minerality to... Read More

Lower ABV Mathias Ruttenstock burst onto the Austrian wine scene a decade ago on the strength of his award-winning Grüner Veltliners, which remain the winery’s focus. But he also works magic with this plot of 45+ year-old... Read More

Deep and delicious. As Wine Enthusiast said in the 94 point rave for the 2018, Musk, rose petal, fir honey and dried fig are the rich aromas on the nose. The intense palate is lusciously sweet and very concentrated, showing a... Read More

Lower ABV Wow - is this ever delicious! Done mainly in tank with a little bit in barrel, shows fantastic energy and intensity. Aromas and flavors feature crisp green apple and yellow pear fruit with a light touch of spice and... Read More

Lower ABV Just like the last vintage, wow - is this ever delicious! Done mainly in tank with a little bit in barrel, shows fantastic energy and intensity. Aromas and flavors feature crisp green apple and yellow pear fruit with... Read More

Lower ABV The Steininger family is best known here for their terrific Grüner Veltiner and Riesling, but in Austria they are famed for their fizz. Karl Steininger first planted Cabernet Sauvignon in his Kamptal vineyards planning... Read More

Lower ABV The essence of Kamptal Gruner Veltiner - a blend of clarity, precision, vibrancy and just a touch of something steely to balance the ripe and generous fruit. As James Suckling said in his 92 point rave for the 2020,... Read More

Lower ABV Best known for frothy sparkling wines and gutsy Gruner Veltliner, the Steininger family is quietly crushing it with Riesling these days. This is a lovely introduction to the purity, energy and perfect balance of ripe... Read More

Given their fame for white and sparkling wines, it's easy to overlook the Steininger's lead red - this Zweigelt. But that would be a mistake, because the wine is crazy delicious and shows just how complex and fascinating... Read More