Two of a kind

Steve Lubiana has been growing and making wine in Tasmania since 1989, also establishing the state’s first biodynamic vineyard in the process. In 2011, he spent vintage at Weingut Gerhard and Brigitte Pittnauer to learn about Austria’s indigenous grapes, including Gruner Veltliner and Blaufrankisch. About 65km southeast of Vienna in Austria’s famed Burgenland red wine region, Gerhard Pittnauer also farms according to biodynamic principles. He’s long championed the fickle and unfashionable variety of St Laurent, and makes beautifully detailed Blaufrankisch and Pinot Noir.