Eleven Wines, Six Courses, Great Price: Austria TONIGHT at UpStairs

Wine from Austria -- Austria -- just does not come our way very often.

Partly that's because Austria does not produce a huge amount of wine.

Partly it's because Austria has had a hard time finding a toehold in the American market.

And partly it's because the Austrian wine industry is still -- still -- recovering from the diethylene glycol scandal (don't ask) in 1985.

It's time to move on, people.

There is a veritable PARADE of young (and handsome, thank you very much) winemakers making waves in Austria these days and -- get this -- four of the best of them will be at UpStairs on the Square in Cambridge tonight.

Six courses. And eleven -- eleven (11) -- wines. For one bargain price (just $65).

Some of the grapes may have crossed your palate, like Gruner Veltliner and Zweigelt.

But some of them -- like Traminer and Gelber Muscateller -- are as unknown as, well, most wines from Austria.

Check out the full menu here.

Then RSVP, and prepare to get yourself up to speed.


WHAT: Five-Course Dinner with Austrian Wine
WHERE: UpStairs on the Square, 91 Winthrop Street, Cambridge
WHEN: TONIGHT at 6:30 p.m.
COST: $65
RSVP: Call 617.864.1933

Eric Asimov, chief wine critic at the New York Times, describes Austrian wines as "focused" and "utterly distinctive." Plus upwards of 70% of Austria's wine production in consumed inside Austria. In other words, here's your chance to taste more Austrian wines in one night than most people taste in a lifetime!