Bernhard Ott and Hans Reisetbauer
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“Normally you have a best friend, and sometimes you see each other on weekends, but we are in the same business. We feel lucky. You can’t find it a second time in the world.” – Bernhard Ott If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together. History is full of contemporaries who share visions of success, who, instead of competing, mentor and encourage the other to become greater than one could alone. Warhol and Basquiat. Lewis and Tolkien. Gauguin and van Gogh. Today in the world of craft wine and spirits, that pair is winemaker Bernhard Ott and distiller Hans Reisetbauer. Born into farming families in Lower and Upper Austria respectively, they followed a common thread of honest farming, pure fruit, and quality beverages that eventually brought them together. Like looking in a mirror, they immediately bonded over their shared interests and identical values. Now after 25 years of friendship, their collaborative approach to farming, fermentation, and life has produced the most elite wine and spirits in Austria. In this episode, they share their philosophies on biodynamic farming, their obsessive pursuit of pure fruit, and why doing things the right way doesn’t have to mean doing it the hard way when you always have a friend to lean on. Automatically generated transcripts often contain mistakes. Find a corrected version here. Skurnik Wines & Spirits Follow us on Instagram
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“Normally you have a best friend, and sometimes you see each other on weekends, but we are in the same business. We feel lucky. You can’t find it a second time in the world.” – Bernhard Ott If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together. History is full of contemporaries who share visions of success, who, instead of competing, mentor and encourage the other to become greater than one could alone. Warhol and Basquiat. Lewis and Tolkien. Gauguin and van Gogh. Today in th...
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- 0:00 Introduction
- 4:40 Farmers first
- 8:14 Starting with pure fruit
- 11:00 Sustainable labor
- 12:54 Creating Reisetbauer Blue Gin
- 14:16 Autochtone farming
- 16:30 Making decisions for posterity
- 18:38 Ott's elegant Grüner Veltliners
- 20:47 Reisetbauer's tasting philosophy
- 22:50 Pushing the other toward greatness
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