Sturm und Knödel

On a gorgeous sunny Sunday afternoon in September some new lovely friends and I biked along the Danube to an authentic Heuriger in Kahlenbergerdorf. Heurige are local taverns that sell only the current vintage from their own vinyards by which they are surrounded. Some food is offered (hot buffet and cold plates) - but they are not restaurants. A speciality of the fall season is Sturm, a young "new wine" that is partially fermented, cloudy and slightly fizzy, which we supplemented with a white wine Spritzer and Knödel mit Sauerkraut, a sort of chewy, sometimes stuffed dumpling with a side of pickled cabbage. Delicious, and representative of traditional Polish food as well! For dessert, a spotting of the house where I was told Schubert wrote his famous Serenade.