Domaine de l'Accent
A morning with Konrad Pixner of Domaine de l'Accent, who, when asked how someone from the Alto Adige lands up in the Languedoc, replied 'that’s a long story'. But we had time to listen. He went to agricultural school, where there was a farm that did include a vineyard. University followed, economics with an emphasis on agriculture. Then came a M asters degree in wine with a group of 20 students comprising 16 different nationalities, during which he met his French compagne . The two years included time in Portugal, South Africa and Argentina and then he spent some time in New Zealand at Bell Hill. After that he joined the research institute in the Alto Adige and worked on a PhD on reductive flavours and how to prevent them. The classic red variety of the Alto Adige, Schiava or Vernatsch, depending on which language you are speaking, is particularly prone to reduction. First Konrad made a little wine locally - there was no ...
