The winery is located in the municipality of
Gols (Neustiftgasse 59) in the Burgenland wine-growing region of
Neusiedlersee (Austria). The family has been growing grapes for over a hundred years. Today, the winery is run by Andreas and Christine Wendelin. The vineyards cover 19 hectares of vines in the
Altenberg, Edelgrund,
Goldberg and
Ungerberg vineyards in the Neusiedlersee nature reserve. They are 75% planted with the red wine varieties Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, St. Laurent, Blauburger, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah, and 25% with the white wine varieties Grüner Veltliner, Welschriesling, Weißburgunder, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. The total of 100 kilometres of vine rows are cultivated by hand from winter pruning, tying up,
thinning out to harvesting.
The white wines aged classically in steel tanks are bottled in March. The white wines aged in barriques remain on the lees, which are stirred every week in the barrel (bâtonage). They are not bottled until July/August. For the red wines and the white barrique wines, fermentation is initiated
spontaneously, i.e. with natural yeasts. One third of the barrique barrels are replaced every year. The quality wines are aged in large wooden barrels; the selection wines produced from grapes with radical thinning are aged in barriques. The main focus is on autochthonous grape varieties. The red wine cuvées have a high Zweigelt or Blaufränkisch content.
The flagship of the house is the red wine cuvée "Prophet", blended from Zweigelt, Merlot and Shiraz. The wines from the individual varieties mature separately for 18 months in barriques. From the very best barrels, the cuvée is then assembled, which matures for another six months in barriques. Further premium wines are the cuvées "Poet" (Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt, St. Laurent), "Priamos" (Blaufränkisch, St. Laurent, Cabernet Sauvignon), "Heideboden rot" (Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, St. Laurent) and "Heideboden weiß" (Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc), as well as the single-varietal "Zweigelt Edelgrund", "Blaufränkisch Klassik", "St. Laurent Ungerberg" and "St. Laurent Klassik". In years when the weather is suitable, an ice wine is
Ice wine is also produced.
