Heinrich Gernot and Heike Heinrich founded their winery in 1990 with just one hectare and have steadily grown to 90 hectares today. Heinrich was one of the first in the region to transition from simple white wines to high-quality reds in the early 1990s, and became famous for powerful red blends such as Salzberg, …
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Hofer (Austrian Organic Wineries) Enjoy
H.u.M. Hofer (30ha) Auersthal / Weinviertal / Austria The Hofer family farms vineyards in Auersthal, a dead-still little wine village in the Weinviertel, just barely beyond Vienna’s northern suburbs. Hermann and his wife Maria, along with their three children, Julia, Florian, and Sebastien tend to the vines and cellar and run a small Heuriger at …
Walter Glatzer
Walter Glatzer Walter Glatzer organically farms over 50 hectares in the ancient region of Carnuntum, the largest border community of the Roman Empire where Celtics, Romans, and later monastic settlements tended vines for over 2000 years. Carnuntum has a unique combination of exposition, soil, and microclimate that provides perfect conditions for viticulture. Vines in …
Bründlmayer
Bründlmayer Weingut Bründlmayer (90ha) Langenlois / Kamptal / Austria “Nearly every wine, from the light Grüner Veltliner to the red wines and the sparkling wines, has the potential to be the best of that vintage in its category,” declares Peter Moser, editor and publisher of Falstaff Wine Guide, Austria’s most respected and comprehensive wine …
Loimer Gruner-Veltliner Lois Reviews
Loimer Gruner-Veltliner Lois Reviews Learn More About Loimer Gruner-Veltliner Lois through its Reviews 2019 Loimer Gruner-Veltliner Lois Reviews 90 Pointz Wine & Spirits Best Buy This is smoky and rich, its mix of nectarine and bacon-fat flavor giving it a grandeur far greater than its price. 2018 Loimer Gruner-Veltliner Lois Reviews 89 …
Nikolaihof
Nikolaihof is one of the oldest wine estates in Austria, whose history goes back almost 2000 years to the Roman empire. Originally chosen by the Romans because it was considered a Celtic holy site prior to 800 B.C., the foundations of the current house date to a Roman tower which existed as early as 63 …
Prieler
Prieler Familie Prieler (20 ha) Schützen / Neusiedlersee – Hügelland / Austria The Prieler estate, in Schützen on the western side of the Lake Neusiedl, is a historic old farm, once dedicated to many types of agriculture but now specializing in grape growing. Two generations of the Prieler family now run the estate: Engelbert …
Bernhard Ott
Bernhard Ott Ott (40ha) Feuersbrunn / Wagram / Austria “You have to trust your grapes.” – Bernhard Ott The Ott family has been growing and producing wine in the region of Wagram in Lower Austria since 1889. Bernhard Ott is of the fourth generation and has managed the winery since 1993 when he took …
Sattler (Austrian Organic Winery)Enjoy
Sattler Learn More About the Wines of Sattler Erich Sattler is emblematic of the new generation of Austrian vintners: a wine-school grad and the 4th generation in the family to take over his family’s estate, in 1999. “We make wine as my grandfather did,” he says, “only with better machines.” Located in and around …
Hirsch (Austrian Biodynamic Winery)
Weingut Hirsch Hirsch Learn More About the Wines of Weingut Hirsch “The answer to climate change is healthy soils” – Johannes Hirsch If wines reflect the winemaker, Johannes Hirsch’s collection of Rieslings and Grüner Veltliners are full of energy and vitality. In the 1970s, ‘Hannes’ father started organic farming and in 2006, …