Wine Series: #2

For my second installement of the wine series I have a special wine to showcase. This wine comes to us not from Australia but from Austria, Judith's home country, courtesy of her parents. In fact, the wine comes from her neighbours, the Sax family. Hence the label, Sax Blauer Zweigelt, Qualitätswein. The type of grape is called Blauer Zweigelt, a variety grown mainly in Austria where it is the most popular red grape. It is usually drunk young, but can make a serious full-bodied aged wine given time. It's quite fruity and 'wet', not to strong, an has a neat purple color I haven't seen in other wines. It was very easy to drink, and as I had it with spicy Thai food it served as a fire extinguisher for my palette. It must be very hard to find here in Australia, as the grape is not very common outside Austria, and maybe Czech Republic and Hungary. However, it is somewhat popular in the Ontario Niagara Falls wine region, so it might be easy to find back home. Uncle, if you can find it give it a try.