Thursday, August 21, 2008

Finding Austrian Wine in the US

There's still not a lot of Austrian wine making its way over here. Those pesky Austrians seem to insist on drinking most of it themselves. Fortunately, there are some internet tools that can help. If you live in one of the 'control' states where the distribution of wine is controlled by the government, you usually have a website that shows what's available. In Pennsylvania, that site will also allow you to order wine for delivery to a store near you.
In the rest of the country, you can use a site like WineAccess.com to search for wine by country, region, grape type or winery name. Your results will show you who stocks the wine and will compare prices. Of course, since this is a national database, it may not help you to know that the St. Laurent of your dreams is available in Texas if you live in New Jersey, but even if you're not within driving distance, many retailers are glad to ship within the continental US.

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