Gruner Vetliner
⏳ Drinking Window
2023 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Wiener Schnitzel, fresh oysters, or roasted asparagus
✨ Technical Specifications
Scheid Vineyards' embrace of Grüner Veltliner represents a bold and successful New World experiment with Austria's signature white grape. Finding a natural home in the cool, wind-swept estate vineyards of Monterey County, this wine thrives under the influence of the deep Monterey Bay, where morning fog and afternoon winds mimic the chilly growing conditions of Central Europe. Scheid crafts this wine primarily in stainless steel to preserve its natural, electric acidity and mineral core. The result is a beautifully aromatic white that bridges Old World structure with vibrant California fruit, showcasing the unique potential of the Salinas Valley's cold-climate microclimates.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1972 by pioneer Al Scheid, Scheid Vineyards began as an ambitious viticultural venture in southern Monterey County, initially supplying fruit to major California wineries before evolving into a vertically integrated estate wine producer. Spanning more than 3,000 acres across a 70-mile expanse of the Salinas Valley—encompassing microclimates across the Monterey, Arroyo Seco, and Hames Valley AVAs—the estate leverages thermal diurnal shifts driven by maritime winds off Monterey Bay. Viticulture balances alluvial gravel, decomposed granite, and clay-loam soils across twelve distinct ranch sites, farmed under SIP Certified and Certified California Sustainable standards, with the winery fully powered by an onsite wind turbine. Winemaking prioritizes varietal clarity, tension, and texture across an eclectic portfolio, celebrated for vibrant Sauvignon Blanc Reserve, aromatic Viognier, racy Dry Riesling, and rare regional white bottlings such as Petit Manseng and Roussanne.
🍇 Grapes
Grüner Veltliner