"DaleW" > wrote:

[2003 Domäne Wachau "Terrassen" Grüner Veltliner Federspiel]

> Michael, pretty sure it was bark, but I threw away before dinner
> tonight, and am not going to dig through garbage.

Of course not!

> After being recorked and refrigerated, showed basically the same
> tonight (Sunday) as an apertif as Friday. But, a sip from glass
> after dinner (with wine warm) showed a little more
> green[ea/lentil character. Unfortunately, at room temp wine was
> a little flabby. Still, a decent wine for the price

OK, very hit vintage, and FWW still recovering from slight
mismanagement. 2004 should be much better. BTW, they bottled
Steinfeder wines under screwcaps - not sure, however, for
Federspiel, and not sure for which export markets.

M.