Vor dem trockenen Gr\u00fcnen Veltliner
\nmache ich einen tiefen Diener,
\ndenn selbst er dient diesem alten Knacker,
\nbegleitend ihn ganz bis zum Totenacker.<\/p>\n
*** Prose translation:\u00a0<\/i>To honour dry Gr\u00fcner Veltliner \/ I make now a deep bow, \/ since he himself serves the old fart I am, \/ all the way to the grave.\u00a0Sorry, can\u2019t rhyme it in English.<\/i><\/p>\n Vor dem trockenen Gr\u00fcnen Veltliner mache ich einen tiefen Diener, denn selbst er dient diesem alten Knacker, begleitend ihn ganz bis zum Totenacker. *** Gr\u00fcner Veltliner is the default white wine of any proper Austrian Gasthaus. When I am back there in February for Fasching I\u2019ll consume industrial quantities of it again. I have previously … <\/p>\n
\nGr\u00fcner Veltliner is the default white wine of any proper Austrian Gasthaus. When I am back there in February for Fasching I\u2019ll consume industrial quantities of it again. I have previously written\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0in an old\u00a0blog about my relationship to this wine, wine in general, and with my Tyrolean friends. This stanza of light verse is for them.<\/i><\/p>\n