Christian Rottensteiner - official homepage

For english-reading users : the site navigation is in english, but most subpages are in german
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Wood business Links Wine Sites
subpages german or italian - 2009: I like to give some interesting links to wine related sites:
5 Weinfragen an... Christian Rottensteiner - meine Antworten auf die Fragen von weinlese.it
Weinhof Armin Kobler Blog (viele Blogbeiträge des eigenen Weinguts aber nicht nur...)
Weinlese.it (News, Tour's, Interviews vor allem der Südtiroler Weinszene)
inumeridelvino.it (statistiche vendemmie, vinificazione, vendite vini)
Degustation-Notes (in german): Wine Tasting Festival @ Bozen - 15 may 2009,

Wood business Links Bordeaux & Degustation Notes
some subpages german - April 2008: more links to special Châteaus in Bordeaux I visited on instruction travels with the winegrowers association I work for. Château Pavie-Macquin, Château Grand Mayne, Château Gazin, Château Rauzan Gassies, Château Lascombes, Château Brane-Cantenac. Santé!
Degustation-Notes (in german): Wine Tasting Festival @ Bozen - 17 may 2008, Pinot Noir Days @ Neumarkt - 22 may 2008

Piedmont-Piemonte & Liguria
September 2007 - With the great help of the "wine bible" Peter Dipoli my friend Klaus and me visited for the first time Piedmont with the most famous wine places (Barolo, Barbaresco & others). We greatly enjoy this enogastronomic visit and was impressed by quality and longevity of wines and amazed by some restaurants.

Wood business Links Marche, Valtellina, Steiermark, Burgenland
some subpages german - I like to make some links to special wine estates I visited on instruction travels with the winegrowers association I work for. First Umbria / Marche in March 2005 where I liked especially Fattoria la Monacesca, Fattoria San Lorenzo, Az. Agr. Malacari, Ristorante Rocco, Az. Agr. Luca Lanari & Az. Agr. Alessandro Moroder. Then Valtellina / Franciacorta / Valpolicella in March 2007 where my favorites where Az. Agr. Giorgio Gianatti, Az. Agr. Gian Paolo e Giovanni Cavalleri & Osteria della Villetta. Other region was Südsteiermark & Neusiedler See in March 2007 where i was impressed by Weingut Manfred Tement, Weingut Alois Gross, Weingut Josef Lentsch & Gasthof Zur Dankbarkeit. And the fabulous France trip to Loire: Chablis, Sancerre, Chinon, Savennieres, Burgundy in May 2007, look also to the report of Erwin (in german) ; there I was impressed especially by Didier Dagueneau, Le Laurier, Charles Joguet, Château de Marcay, Domaine aux Moines, Hotel de la Paix. Santé!

Köln Karneval (Kölle Alaaf)
February 2007 - How amazing: I never guessed the "Rheinländer livestyle" in this particular time was so charming. After some Bars and Partys to feel into the mood, we enjoyed it very well. I think we repeat the experience next year extended to "Weiberfastnacht".

Spain (Andalusia: Sevilla to Valencia)
January, February 2007 - It was time for Spain también! With my friend Splitti I has explored Andalusia and the "Costa del Sol", a historical interesting region with many architectural highlights. Our itinerary: Sevilla, Córdoba, Almodóvar del Rio, Sevilla, Cádiz, Bolonia (Roman Ruins), Tarifa, Marbella, Ronda, Antequera, Granada, Costa del Sol, Alicante, Valencia.

South-East-Asia - Malaysia, Singapore
December 2005, January 2006 - With my friend Andreas & Anna I travel to southeast Asia to explore two of the asian tiger countrys. From big cities, high towers, beaches, highlands to jungles we had it all. The mix of malayan, chinese and indian behaviors was very interesting. We saw also many beasts and some little parasites travels back to home with us ;-)

Russia (St. Petersburg & Moscow)
July 2005 - The beautiful city in the northwest of the Russian Federation is our first station. There we hope to found some cultural impression and discover russian behaviors. After we go to the capital to catch an eye on the Kreml.

A new cam for my impressions
external link - endlich kann ich wieder Eindrücke festhalten. Bedienungsanleitung
June 2005 - In the last winter my good doin Minolta S404 was stolen. After waitin a couple of detailed reviews on the Casio EX Z750 I decided to buy it mainly because has a long battery duration and a interesting movie mode. New pics will come mainly from this cam.

CEO/Director for the Free Winegrowers South Tyrol
external link - Direktor/Geschäftsführer für die Freien Weinbauern Südtirol
October 2004 - To my joy I support now the engaged federation of the estate bottlers in my homeland with full employment and enthusiasm. It will become an interesting and probably also intensive task. Prost! Alla salute!

My new old car...
subpage in german - passend zu der benötigten Mobilität habe ich jetzt einen Diesel
September 2004 - After a really long search I have now a nice car: a 2001 BMW 320d Touring. He has all the things I need for my daily driving: integrated phone, Climatronic, PDC, ecc.

Sweden (Stockholm)
August 2004 - With a friend I visited the beautiful swedish capital. We had 4 days to explore the friendly "Venice of the North". A very pleasant climate, forestalling people and an inspiring leaving marked the atmosphere for us. Tack så mycket!

Spain (Barcelona)
June 2004 - I was in the beautiful catalan city to learn some spanish (or better castillan). Two weeks where not much, but enough to enjoy and estimate this beautiful place, people & culture. I hope I will be able to conversate and improve my spanish further. ¡Saludos a todos los amigos hasta entonces!

Czechia (Prague & Krumlov)
May 2004 - With the bachelor Peter Auer and his friends I visited the Czech Rupublic. First we went to the golden city of Prague. There we crossed several times the Carl-bridge, once in an interesting way. After good eating and trinking and something for the eyes we went to the beautiful little medieval town of Český Krumlov (Krumlau). A real memorable dinner maked us happy and we sang many songs with/for the parting bachelor Peter. The pics and more infos will come quickly.

Vinitaly 2004 & RondoVino Merlot by Tony
subpages in german - Die Vinitaly in Verona und das letzte Treffen bei Armentarola unserer Weinrunde
Apr 2004 - One of the biggest wine fairs is again over. For every winelover the trip to Verona is a must.
A week later we have the possibility to taste in Armentarola (Val Badia) some of the finest Merlots of the Worlds (blind degustation). Tony "smuggled" a very "interesting" wine under the mainly 1995 Merlots: a bottle famed 1985 Chateau Petrus Pomerol (actual value on weinart.at : 1050 Euro). Until the exposure of the label the wine was not particularly outstanding. I wanted to empty my glass of it, when Tony asked me to pour everything into its glass ;-)

My new Asus M6800N Centrino Notebook
subpage in german - mit diesem neuen Laptop bin ich nun noch mobiler
Feb 2004 - with this Wireless LAN notebook I'm now much more mobile. In addition I can use the good Centrino & ATI Mobility features. Some good links about this piece: encke.net-Forum (german) , ASUS-TeK M6N

Enjoy Wine from South Tyrol (especially Lagrein)
subpages in german - Wein aus Südtirol geniessen, besonders Lagrein
May, Aug, Nov & Dez 2003 - One of my passions is to enjoy fine red wine, but like Andreas März I don't like "beaver wines" (excessive oak concentrated wines like "Super Tuscans" & Co). My favorites goes from tipical flavoured elegant to deep intensly but good to drink strong wines. Now 2 of my degustation notes are online: Bozner Weinkost 2003, JLF Lagrein Test, RondoVino Sauvignon/Lagrein, RondoVino Barolo/Brunello

Japan (Tokyo)
Nov. 2003 - Using a travel agency special offer I visited the japanese city with 3 friends in a short trip. I was able to find out more about the interesting ancient japanese culture and the really friendly local behaviors. This trip gave me again more respect for the asian cultures and I can say that I really love to visit this regions, because they have a rich and amazing history and fortunatly saved many "non-western-style" traditions.

Certificated Project Management Practitioner (IPMA)
subpage in german - Zertifizierter Projektmanagement-Fachmann GPM/RKW
19th Sep. 2003 - On the plenary assembly of the GPMS (Project Management Association South Tyrol) the certificate was presented to me. In my function as director of the GPMS communication and InterNet working group I was allowed to inform the present members and guests about passing, current and planned future successes. More infos on this PM-qualification

Evolving PM in South Tyrol
external link in german
May 2003 - 8 members of the GPM South Tyrol (local german Project Management Association), 2 of it executive committees met on a Alm-house over the Eisacktal-Valley to a creative weekend to revalue the GPMS . The result were 3 working groups. I can support the w.g. for communication & Internet as project manager ;-) . The new GPMS-website is already in conception.

Wood business in South Tyrol
external link in german
13th Mar. 2003 - In middle March was introduced the Online stock exchange for wood officially by the Prime Minister of South Tyrol, the chairman of the SBB and the director of the forest authority. By the 19th March also the training of the forest officials is terminated. In the press release of the SBB, you find further information: link to german site

South China (HongKong & Guilin)
Feb. 2003 - Visiting the People's Republic of China was one of the trips with the greatest surprises to me. Entering from the southern special zone of HongKong to ShenZen, Guilin and YangShuo. The mixing of eastern and western culture was amazing like the beautiful landscapes in the province.

Learning the right behaviour
external link in german
11th Jan. 2003 - Dr. Harald Stauder, a formerly degraded diplomat, was giving a interesting workshop for social behaviours. Some forgotten was recovered and many of the audience liked to use and know the sense of the good rules for interhuman actions.

Celebrating the new year
external link in german
2002/2003 - On friendly invitation of my friend Stefan, I celebrated in the Eggental-valley on the Zelghof with approx. 20 further friends the slide into the year 2003. To see one on the many photos, with much fun.

Project Management course
subpage in german- Projektmanagement-Fachmann Internationaler Zertifikatskurs
Nov. 2002 - To bring my PM-skills to a professional and certificated level I decided to inscribe the "GPM-Fachmann" course. This really well organized blocked education for working people gives you the struments in theory and praxis.

English certificate level 6
Aug. 2002 - My 3-weeks intensive English education in Vancouver / Canada. For me a profitable experience, that no purely theoretical course can bring, especially linguistically and communicative.

Northwest America
Jul.-Aug. 2002 - In the context of my English education, 2002 I learned to know America. Nature in Canada and the friendly city Vancouver - pretty feelings and interesting experiences in California . On my trip page, I try to hold this.

Helping mountain farmers
external link in german
13th Jul. 2002 - Voluntary working in South Tyrol on a mountain farm. In the hay harvest, the farmer-family needed support. A very impressing and beautiful experience also for us city people living also in South Tyrol.

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