Pit Wall of Fame

The Wall

The winemakers, glass royalty and sommeliers MRU has shared a pour with. Not endorsements. Not sponsored. Just the receipts.

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Glass RoyaltyKufstein × Piemonte Maximilian Riedel, Herb and Giovanni Gaja at a Riedel event

Riedel × Gaja

Maximilian Riedel · Herb · Giovanni Gaja

Eleventh generation of Riedel meets the Barbaresco dynasty. Fatto a Mano decanter in one hand, Gaja bottle in the other. This is the axis.

RiedelGaja

Berlin × BerghausenSommelier Row Herb with Willi Schlögl, Louisa-Maria Schmidt and Armin Tement under a parasol

Sommelier Summit

Herb · Willi Schlögl · Louisa-Maria Schmidt · Armin Tement

Freundschaft Berlin meets Tement Berghausen. Under the parasol, in the sun, out of uniform. The tiger shirt is doing what it wants.

FreundschaftTement

SüdsteiermarkGamlitz Herb, Katharina Lackner-Tinnacher and Tobi at a wine tasting

Lackner-Tinnacher

Herb · Katharina Lackner-Tinnacher · Tobi

STK. Steinbach, Welles, Flamberg. Katharina runs the estate her family has farmed since 1806. Sauvignon Blanc with a spine.

STKSauvignon Blanc

SüdsteiermarkRatsch a.d. Weinstraße Herb, Johannes Gross and Tobi in a red salon

Gross

Herb · Johannes Gross · Tobi

Ratsch. Nussberg, Sulz, Ried Ratscher. STK founding family, Sauvignon Blanc that lays down for a decade and shrugs.

STKNussberg

SüdsteiermarkKitzeck Herb, Gerhard Wohlmuth and Tobi with a bottle of Wohlmuth Ried Edelschuh

Wohlmuth

Herb · Gerhard Wohlmuth · Tobi

Kitzeck. Ried Edelschuh, Ried Hochsteinriegl. The highest-altitude Sauvignon in Austria, farmed on 45°+ slate slopes. Gerhard is the current chapter.

STKEdelschuh

SüdsteiermarkSpielfeld Herb, Erich Polz and Tobi at a wine event

Polz

Herb · Erich Polz · Tobi

Spielfeld, right on the Slovenian border. Grassnitzberg, Hochgrassnitzberg. Erich is the second-generation Polz, still on the ground.

STKGrassnitzberg

VulkanlandKapfenstein Tobi, Christof Winkler-Hermaden and Herb with a bottle of Olivin

Winkler-Hermaden

Tobi · Christof Winkler-Hermaden · Herb

Kapfenstein. Olivin on the table — Zweigelt from basalt, the estate's monument bottling. Vulkanland minerality you can taste from three rooms away.

OlivinZweigelt

Not sponsored. Not a partnership. The pours were poured, the photos were taken, the glass was Riedel. If you want to end up on the wall, share a table.

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