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of the Kollwentz estate

On this page, we want to share our work in the cellar and the vinyards with you.

05. 12. 2019

News

Gault Millau 2020

Out now: The new GAULT MILLAU 2020...

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04. 5. 2019

News

“Schern”

„Schern“ …this is the Austrian word for »hacken«, which is the German word for ‘hoeing’...

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22. 4. 2019

News

Steinzeiler 2018

The appropriate moment has arrived to make the assemblage of our Steinzeiler 2018....

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24. 4. 2019

News

Cultivating the green fertiliser

We are cutting the grass mulch under ......

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02. 4. 2019

News

Harbingers of Springtime

The cowslips and the pheasant’s eyes are blooming in our vineyard Ried Dürr....

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18. 9. 2018

News

Picking the Gloria 2018

We’ve got magnificent weather for harvesting Ried Gloria – and the grapes are simply marvellous!...

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04. 10. 2017

General

Rounding up the harvest with Cabernet Sauvignon

Our brilliant autumn sunshine held through to the end of the harvest....

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18. 1. 2018

General

Pruning our Sauvignon Blanc in Ried Steinmühle

We have been pruning the vines now since the start of the year....

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19. 2. 2018

News

Bottling Steinzeiler 2015

For twenty-four months now, the '15er Steinzeiler has matured in oak....

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25. 2. 2018

General

Biting and bitter cold

The temperature over the next few days looks to be -10°C and lower....

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28. 3. 2018

General

Pruning comes to an end

Our last Chardonnay vine in Ried Gloria has been pruned, and the sun reaches through the morning fog....

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19. 4. 2018

General

Working the soil

We are now cultivating the soil in our vineyards for the first time this year....

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05. 5. 2018

General

Planting grapevines in the Katterstein

We are planting a vineyard up in the Ried Katterstein, situated high above Kleinhöflein and Eisenstadt....

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10. 5. 2018

General

Mulching

The greencover is being mulched – this once more provides a great quantity of organic material as fodder for the earthworms, while the layer of mulch also guards against the topsoil drying out....

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11. 5. 2018

General

Work in the vineyards

We are now hard at work in our vineyards, with three tractors and a team of eleven....

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17. 5. 2018

News

Blending the Steinzeiler

We are taking advantage of a couple rainy days to blend our 2017 Steinzeiler.First, we taste the various lots. Then the individual components are blended together to create the cuvée, and the casks are washed out. Next, we burn sulphur in the barrels,...

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31. 7. 2018

Event

Rieden Hike 2018

On Friday, August 31st, we will be doing our hike in the Rieden. We will start exactly at 2:30pm. Registration is necessary....

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13. 6. 2018

General

Trimming the vines

New growth is trimmed, so that the vines don’t break off above the highest wire. This is executed by means of a leaf-cutter with rotating blades. After this, the foliage canopy is stable....

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14. 6. 2018

News

Tending the second-year vineyard

The weather this year is encouraging the vines to flourish quite wonderfully....

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14. 6. 2018

General

Defoliation 2018

The rainfalls of the previous week have accelerated this year’s growth. The rapidly growing vines are now being defoliated on the east side – the side of the morning sun....

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20. 6. 2018

News

Erecting the trellises

After the rainfall in recent weeks and the past few days that were dry and hot, the subsoils remain moist while the surface is dry....

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11. 7. 2018

News

Green Harvest 2018

2018's vineyard vegetation cycle strides forward, and we are currently occupied with the green harvest, also called 'thinning-out'....

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25. 7. 2018

News

Hanging the wires

The young vines in our Ried Katterstein have grown quite beautifully, and the trellis wires are being installed. They help the vines to grow in the proper direction. Now that the green harvest is finished, we have the time to do this....

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23. 8. 2018

News

The harvest commences – our earliest ever!

Today is the 23rd of August, and we are picking our Pinot Noir in Ried Dürr. It's really time to get this done, because you can see that some berries are already shrivelling up because of the heat, and exhibiting a bit of a golf-ball-texture on the surface....

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28. 8. 2018

News

Picking in the Steinmühle

Today we have a cold morning. We are harvesting our Sauvignon Blanc in the Ried Steinmühle. Spicy and healthy grapes, just like it ought to be. The starlings have been a colossal nuisance in the past couple days, and we are very glad that Mario and Dragan...

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06. 9. 2018

News

Harvesting our Zweigelt

Contrary to what one might have expected, the rain in recent days did only slight damage to our Zweigelt grapes – they are crunchy in texture and taste very sweet....

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18. 9. 2018

News

Chardonnay!

We have been picking Chardonnay since Monday....

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20. 9. 2018

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Blaufränkisch from Point und Setz

We harvested our best Blaufränkisch – Ried Point & Ried Setz – under summery conditions....

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10. 10. 2018

News

Trockenbeerenauslese

With eight pickers working, the harvest goes quickly. Especially since the winged-and-feathered pickers did such a thorough job shortly beforehand....

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23. 2. 2017

General

Pruning in February

With the young vines in the Steinmühle, we use a 'constructive' method of pruning, in order to mould the grapevine into its future form....

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27. 3. 2017

General

Pruning in March

After spending fourteen weeks on it, we are finished with pruning. Additionally we have removed the vine trimmings from many of our vineyards, and bound the canes that will bear this year's crop to the wires....

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08. 4. 2017

General

Application of Lime

In our Ried Gloria the vine trunks are being painted with hydrated lime, to prevent the cutworms from devouring the incipient buds....

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05. 5. 2017

General

Pheromones

In order to combat our most dangerous vineyard pest, the Traubenwickler – European grapevine moth – we have adopted a programme of chemical deception, distributing pheromones in all of our vineyards....

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15. 5. 2017

General

Installing the support posts

We call them 'Bagstall', these supporting posts. Here we are setting them out in the newly planted vineyards, one for every five vines. Each post has open eyelets on either side, through which the wires of the trellising are threaded....

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19. 5. 2017

General

Opening the stitching wire springs

Driven briskly forward by the recent high temperatures, our vines are sprouting at an extraordinary rate....

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19. 5. 2017

General

Greencover as fertiliser

We are now sowing greencover in the vineyards we just planted....

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22. 5. 2017

General

Mulching in between the vines

Tending to the area between vines is a tricky matter....

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07. 6. 2017

General

Blossom time 2017

Flowering is now in full swing, and we are glad of the warm and windy weather, which propels the flowering onward and minimises instances of fungal disease - powdery mildew or downy mildew....

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14. 6. 2017

General

Flowering, and care of the foliage canopy

Thanks to the lovely weather, flowering has moved along rather quickly and the clusters have already begun to develop, shedding their flowerhoods....

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29. 6. 2017

General

A bit of defoliation 2017

Flowering is over with, and the clusters now require more sun for the grape skins to toughen sufficiently....

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17. 7. 2017

General

Stringing the wires

We are done with thinning out the Zweigelt, and still have time before we need to do it with the Blaufränkisch....

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08. 9. 2017

News

Harvest time!

We are taking advantage of these lovely and warm days to pick our Zweigelt....

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14. 9. 2017

News

Harvesting our Sauvignon Blanc

We are currently picking our Sauvignon Blanc. The weather is windy and the sun is shining. The grapes taste spicy and sweet....

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14. 9. 2017

News

Sauvignon Blanc: pressing & precipitation

The press has been running for an hour now. The grape must is drawn off into a stainless steel tank, where it will rest for a day in order for the remaining solids to settle....

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21. 9. 2017

News

Neusatz

Thanks to cold temperatures, the rainy weather we had on Tuesday and Wednesday did not damage the clusters, and the thriving greencover was happy to have the moisture....

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26. 9. 2017

General

Filling the barrels

Katterstein, Tatschler and Neusatz are in the cellar, and on Wednesday we'll get started at harvesting the Gloria…...

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27. 9. 2017

News

Ried Setz – Blaufränkisch

Here we have the loveliest autumn weather one could wish for, and are picking the Blaufränkisch in our vineyard Ried Setz....

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28. 9. 2017

News

Harvesting the Gloria 2017

The autumn weather was truly magnificent - we went to pick our Chardonnay in the highest-elevation vineyard in the Leithagebirge, the Ried Gloria....

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29. 9. 2017

News

Heading for the finish line with Blaufränkisch!

Saint Peter has us in his good books, and we are taking advantage of the marvellous autumn weather to pick our Blaufränkisch....

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30. 11. 2017

News

Honored

Honored, because of excellence! Along with a great vintage 2017, now we are getting another great harvest, brought along by the ladies and gentlemen of "schreibende Zunft". We say thank you!...

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18. 2. 2016

General

Pruning the Methusalemreben

Here for decades, with the ancient Sauvignon Blanc 'Methusalem vines' in the Ried Steinmühle, cane stubs have been trimmed onto a cordon. The knotty and knobby vines thus formed yield a small harvest of the finest wines.....

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18. 2. 2016

General

Almond blossoms & pruning the vines

Rather mysteriously, the almond trees began flowering before Christmas, and now - mid-February - they are in full bloom....

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13. 3. 2016

General

Binding the canes

We are finished with the pruning, and the old wood has all been removed from the wire trellising....

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26. 3. 2016

Event

Announcing:
Wein am Berg

From the 21st to the 24th of April we will be at the event Wein am Berg, at the Central Spa Hotel in Sölden, Tyrol. The theme of the gourmet adventure for this year is: 15 Years and 15 Countries...

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30. 3. 2016

News

Penthouse

Penthouse: first occupancy in an ideal setting; no transfer fees. Unobstructed view of the historic barn row and the Grosshöflein vineyards....

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31. 3. 2016

General

Start of the vegetation cycle

The vines are beginning to 'trickle' - they have started to exude moisture, heralding the outset of the approaching budbreak....

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08. 4. 2016

News

Bottling the large formats

The top 2013 red wines are being bottled - many of them in larger formats, all the way up to 18 litres. This slows the maturing process, even as it enhances the ultimate cellaring potential....

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08. 4. 2016

News

Bottling

Starting with the top red wines of 2013, continuing with the young rosé, then the single-vineyard Chardonnays and the two Trockenbeerenauslesen from 2014 – the wines are now in the bottle!...

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11. 4. 2016

General

Eulenraupen / Caterpillars

The vines are growing new shoots, and this is the point in time when caterpillars of the drab moth (Orthosia incerta) can inflict great damage....

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14. 4. 2016

General

Planting new vines

We are laying out a vineyard of 0.3 hectares in Ried Gloria....

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14. 4. 2016

General

Applying fertiliser

An application of manure contributes to the formation of humus. Each kilogramme of humus can store five times its volume in water. A prudent precautionary measure for the next hot and dry summer....

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22. 4. 2016

General

Managing the greencover

The perennially green patches between the rows of vines are cultivated with a piece of equipment known as the 'greenmanager'....

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28. 4. 2016

News

Frost in the vineyards

We managed to escape Tuesday's frost with just a black eye and bruises, but last night's frost brought devastating injury to the vines....

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02. 5. 2016

News

Losses of 70% due to the late frost

Now it has become a sad certainty. The damage we suffered from the late frost ranges from 10% to 95%, with an average loss of 70%....

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11. 5. 2016

General

Mulching the winter greenery

We are now mulching the last of the winter-growth vegetation - much to the joy of the birds, who find their dinner table set with a feast....

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05. 6. 2016

News

Blaufränkisch on the Third of June.

Our Blaufränkisch vines are showing the most widely varied stages of development....

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11. 6. 2016

General

Flowering 2016

Flowering has begun. Abundant sunshine in recent days and a good supply of nutrients has brought about a growth spurt, and the leaf canopy will soon reach its full size....

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29. 6. 2016

General

Threading the shoots.

Sunshine, high temperatures and plenty of water in the ground serve to generate greenhouse-like growing conditions....

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29. 6. 2016

General

Defoliation 2016

It is also the right time to remove a few leaves and secondary shoots....

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11. 7. 2016

General

On the Katerstein

We are letting the leaf canopy in the vineyard Ried Katerstein spread out at the moment, in order to provide the clusters with shade in the midday sun....

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29. 7. 2016

News

Green Harvest 2016

It is particularly difficult this year. There are too many clusters hanging on some of our vines - these will be thinned out....

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07. 8. 2016

General

Sowing the greencover

During the last few days we turned over the old greencover in every other lane between vine rows with a disc harrow, and used the rotary harrow to prepare a fine seedbed....

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13. 9. 2016

News

Harvest time

Today we are picking our Sauvignon Blanc in the Ried Steinmühle....

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16. 9. 2016

News

The Zweigelt Harvest

Today we are picking Zweigelt in the vineyard Ried Neusatz....

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23. 9. 2018

News

Blaufränkisch!

The sun is smiling upon us! Even the Blaufränkisch grapes are mature now, and show the first signs of overripeness. We're picking today in the vineyards Haussatz and Setz....

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29. 9. 2016

News

Tatschler

Ried Tatschler brings us to the conclusion of this year's Chardonnay harvest....

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29. 9. 2016

News

Gloria

The sun shone radiantly as we were harvesting our Chardonnay in Ried Gloria, and our mood was sunny as well. Marvellously ripe grapes with just a bit of 'noble rot'....

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30. 9. 2016

News

Last harvest day for Blaufränkisch

Yesterday we picked our Blaufränkisch in the vineyard Ried Point; today we are finishing up with Ried Setz....

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04. 10. 2016

News

Cabernet closes the harvest

After having eighteen gorgeous days for the harvest, today we got to know the rain as well....

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23. 11. 2016

General

Restoration and recultivation of a vineyard

We are recultivating a vineyard and the adjacent embankment in the Ried Katerstein. Acacia bushes are being cut away and the underbrush cleared out....

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30. 11. 2016

News

Beerenauslese

Dry weather in the past few days has led the berries on the Scheurebe vines to shrivel quite substantially....

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23. 12. 2016

General

Tractor-work with a view

After hacking out the old vines, the former vineyard is levelled, in order to have an even surface for subsequent cultivation....

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16. 12. 2016

General

Grubbing up a “new” vineyard

In order to facilitate a good start for the vineyard about to be planted, the old vines - roots and all - must be removed....

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04. 6. 2015

General

Cultivating the Soil 2015

In order to conserve water and allow the vine to benefit from all possible nourishment, every other row in this quartz-gravel soil of the Ried Steinmühle is cultivated with a disc harrow or rotary-harrow....

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05. 6. 2015

News

Flowering 2015

Our Blaufränkisch vines are fully in blossom. The shoots are – repeatedly – inserted into the wires, and individual leaves are removed in order to accustom the clusters to the sunlight....

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19. 6. 2015

General

Mulching 2015

Everything is growing and thriving - the vines and also the greencover....

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04. 8. 2015

News

The Green Harvest 2015

Our vineyards are looking really good these days. But thanks to the perfect flowering, the potential yield is much too great....

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18. 8. 2015

General

Green Fertilisation

In the month of August, it comes time to plant greenery in our vineyards....

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08. 9. 2015

News

The 2015 Harvest is Coming!

Today is the seventh of September, seven o'clock in the morning…...

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09. 9. 2015

News

Picking the Sauvignon Blanc grapes from our vineyard Ried Steinmühle

The Sauvignon is now fully ripe....

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Recent News

of the Kollwentz estate

Gault Millau 2020

“Schern”

Steinzeiler 2018

Cultivating the green fertiliser

Harbingers of Springtime

Picking the Gloria 2018

Rounding up the harvest with Cabernet Sauvignon

Pruning our Sauvignon Blanc in Ried Steinmühle

Bottling Steinzeiler 2015

Biting and bitter cold

Pruning comes to an end

Working the soil

Planting grapevines in the Katterstein

Mulching

Work in the vineyards

Blending the Steinzeiler

Rieden Hike 2018

Trimming the vines

Tending the second-year vineyard

Defoliation 2018

Erecting the trellises

Green Harvest 2018

Hanging the wires

The harvest commences – our earliest ever!

Picking in the Steinmühle

Harvesting our Zweigelt

Chardonnay!

Blaufränkisch from Point und Setz

Trocken­beeren­auslese

Pruning in February

Pruning in March

Application of Lime

Pheromones

Installing the support posts

Opening the stitching wire springs

Greencover as fertiliser

Mulching in between the vines

Blossom time 2017

Flowering, and care of the foliage canopy

A bit of defoliation 2017

Stringing the wires

Harvest time!

Harvesting our Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc: pressing & precipitation

Neusatz

Filling the barrels

Ried Setz – Blaufränkisch

Harvesting the Gloria 2017

Heading for the finish line with Blaufränkisch!

Honored

Pruning the Methusalemreben

Almond blossoms & pruning the vines

Binding the canes

Announcing:Wein am Berg

Penthouse

Start of the vegetation cycle

Bottling the large formats

Bottling

Eulenraupen / Caterpillars

Planting new vines

Applying fertiliser

Managing the greencover

Frost in the vineyards

Losses of 70% due to the late frost

Mulching the winter greenery

Blaufränkisch on the Third of June.

Flowering 2016

Threading the shoots.

Defoliation 2016

On the Katerstein

Green Harvest 2016

Sowing the greencover

Harvest time

The Zweigelt Harvest

Trockenbeerenauslese

Announcing:
Wein am Berg

Order online and
– enjoy it soon –