The Moravian joint-stock company "Znovín Znojmo A.S." or winery has its headquarters in Satov (Schattau). This company, one of the largest producers
in the Czech Republic, produces five million litres of wine annually. This corresponds to approximately 3.5% of the annual Czech consumption. It produces a wide range of varietal and branded wines and sparkling wines from the best locations in the Znojemská wine region. The predicate wines are marketed under the label "Terroir Club". The products mature in the Moravian Cellar in Satov, where there is also a large wine archive. Among others, the famous Sobes vineyard in the National Park Thayatal is also owned. The cellars for the production of white wines are located in Primetice, which includes the famous Jesuit cross cellar from the 18th century. The red wines are vinified in the cellar of Jaroslavice (Joslovice). The archive cellar there contains the oldest Czech wines dating back to the 1945 vintage.
In Znojmo a part of the famous Premonstratensian monastery Louka, founded by the Archbishop Norbert of Xanten (1080-1134), was rented, where a gallery, as well as a museum of viticulture and cooperage are operated and where congresses are held. The company established the first Czech mail-order service for wines. Annual tours of the vineyards of the Znojmo region are organised. Since 1997, the tourist wine-growing programme has been prepared. The "Agrovíno Vrbovec" winery, which supplies grapes for processing from 170 hectares of vineyards, also belongs to the joint-stock company. These wines mature in a historical sandstone cellar from 1770 in the village of Chvalovice (Kallendorf) on the border with Austria. The cellar, which is 25 metres below the surface of the ground, once served as the
tithe cellar of the Louka monastery. The 200-metre-long corridors hold 60 oak barrels with a volume of 100,000 litres of wine. About 300,000 litres of wine are produced annually, 25% of which is bottled.
