Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown is the Beechworth-based partnership of winemaker Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmölzer. Pret A Blanc continues their exploration of the Austrian Gemischter Satz style of dry, refreshing white field blends historically grown around Vienna. Where the traditional style may carry ten or eleven varieties to spread viticultural risk, this wine keeps to four – Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and Sylvaner – sourced from several sites in the cool, elevated upper King Valley of north-east Victoria, on the region's granitic soils. The 2024 aimed for the crisp, brightly fruited freshness at the heart of the style.

The four varieties were brought together in the spirit of a field blend and vinified for freshness and texture rather than power, giving a clean, zesty, textural white. The result is a squeaky, mouth-watering wine of green apple, pod peas, soft florals and grassy herbage with a zingy, crisp palate, made to be drunk young and chilled. Specific pressing, fermentation-vessel and lees details are not published for this bottling.