The wine tells the story.

"Paul Achs doesn´t invent the characters of his wines - they are already there. Before the wines are matured in the cellar, they have already absorbed what was around them – the autumn fog, the winter cold, the power of spring, the heat of the summer and the unique scents and tastes of the soils. In liquid form, we experience a fine retrospective of recent years. To interfere in these true stories would be foolhardy. Nothing but the wine itself could charm the wine lover more. Nobody knows it better than the author.

Paul Achs is the biographer. He takes in what the wine is saying, structures it with enthusiasm, brings it to its essence. No distractions. The key parts are emphasised, and the non-essential ones are removed. When his work is finished, we hold a bottle of wine in our hands - revealing what has touched, illuminated, moistened and moved the wine. A biographer tells stories worth telling. And with Paul Achs, these are stories that tell about the wet November fog, those hard-frozen January nights, the soft spring rays and heavy breathing summer nights.

The range of the collected stories? Well, less is more.
Paul Achs doesn´t vinify books, but wines. Enthralling wines on the highest level. No small-talkers, no non-committal chit-chatters. But wines that are given real attention. With these, it´s like intelligent literature; they deserve attention. And when experience doesn´t allow it, then Paul Achs decides to create smaller stories rather than devise an artificial novel. The best stories in the best years, one could say."

Nikolaus Eberstaller