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NEW YORK TIMES (USA)
From Raw Denim to Natural Wine
The number of celebrities and fashion designers making wine in recent years has surged. So when those in New York’s natural wine world learned that Jean Touitou, the French founder of the minimalist clothing company A.P.C., was bringing 60 bottles of Jean Touitou Banibano to Brooklyn’s Marlow & Sons on Halloween, eyebrows were raised.
NEW WINE REVIEW (USA)
The Basics of Blaufränkisch
“I believe that Blaufränkisch—a cool-climate red with relatively low alcohol levels, not too oaky, incredibly food-friendly—personifies what it means to call a wine “drinkable.” I’m baffled that more people have not embraced it.”
SWURL (USA)
Why Aren't We Giving Blaufränkisch More Air Time?
“We always try to make comparisons with other grapes that are more common or more well known, but I stopped doing this a few years ago,” Altenburger says. “I want people to drink Syrah and think, ‘This tastes like Blaufränkisch,’ and not the other way around.”
SWURL (USA)
Everything You Need to Know About Karakterre NY 2024
In so many ways, the standard wine fair has become so ubiquitous as to seem tedious; this limitless exercise in rote, repetitive tasting. Karakterre, however, exudes a certain lingering curiosity. The opposite of jadedness.
TRAVEL + LEISURE (USA)
Natural Selection
The low-intervention bottles I sampled were faultless and refined, with none of the barnyard aromas, kombucha fizz, andsour-grape tang tolerated by vintners in other, less exacting corners of the world. By the end of the trip, it occurred to me that Austria may well be the world’s most approachable gateway to natural wine.
TRINK MAGAZINE (USA)
Karakterre Driven
What sets Karakterre, one of the world’s top natural wine festivals, apart from similar wine events is its sense of community. Despite its success, what truly defines Karakterre is its atmosphere, nurtured by mutual curiosity and openness, fostered by the way the fair is organized.
FALSTAFF (GERMANY)
Big Bio in America
Biologische, biodynamische und naturbelassene Weine erfreuen sich gerade im weltoffenen New York City immer größerer Beliebtheit. So mancher österreichische Winzer trägt zu diesem Erfolg bei.
WINE ENTHUSIAST (USA)
The Best Wine Festivals in America, According to Drink Pros
“As an importer of Austro-Hungarian wines, it seems like heaven exists once a year at the top of 50 Rockefeller Plaza,” says Charles Damanis of Citadella Imports.
NOBLE ROT (UK)
Man of Good Character
Simon J. Woolf visits Karakterre, the wine fair focusing on Central and Eastern Europe.
WINE ENTHUSIAST (USA)
The Wine Lover’s Guide to Vienna
“The reason Vienna is one of the most exciting places to drink wine is that [its wine scene] was created on the backdrop of the amazing producers that Austria has today,” explains Marko Kovac, founder of Karakterre.
BARRON’S PENTA (USA)
An Oenophile’s Guide to Vienna
A wine fair focusing on natural producers hailing from Central and Eastern Europe, Karakterre has grown to become one of the most important events in the natural wine space; it gathers sommeliers, restaurateurs, importers, winemakers, and natural wine fans from all corners of the map to Vienna each year.
FOOD AND WINE (USA)
We've Officially Reached Peak Natural Wine Fair
European natural wine fairs are making their U.S. debuts in the hopes of finding success that still eludes them in local markets.
VINTNERS (USA)
Naturally Speaking With Marko Kovac
In this episode of the Vintners Podcast, Aleks Zecevic interviews Marko Kovac, the co-founder of Karakterre, a natural wine fair focusing on wines of Central Europe.
DIE PRESSE (AUSTRIA)
Wien als Zentrum für Naturwein
Die Weinmesse Karakterre versammelt Winzer aus ganz Europa. „Wien ist großartig. Hier tut sich viel mehr als in Berlin.”
NEW YORK TIMES (USA)
Natural Wine Movement Finds a Lively Hub in Copenhagen
The natural wine community gravitates to the city to discover new wines and new growers, according to Marko Kovac, the founder of Vienna wine salon Karakterre, who stopped by while in town for an industry event.
FLASCHEN KINDER (GERMANY)
Fette Fleischfliege
“We have been to Karakterre at Schloss Eisenstadt and we meet so many wonderful winemakers and absolutely inspiring wines- it is outstanding”
GALERIE MAGAZINE (USA)
Capital Gains
Moving beyond schnitzel and Sacher torte, Vienna is evolving into one of Central Europe’s most exciting food and wine scenes.
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG (GERMANY)
Ganz Wien Atmet Karakterre
Am Wochenende feiert eine internationale Messe in Wien Naturweine. Die Stadt hat sich neben London und Paris als Zentrum für biologische und biodynamische Weine etabliert. Ein Rundgang.