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Good
question! We won't make you wait for the answer: With every good meal, from
12:00 P.M. on, you can enjoy wine. Some people are concerned with which wine
goes with which meal. The decision however, of which wine complements which
occasion and which company, should be decided by one's pleasure. Wine belongs to
all cheerful companies, ceremonial gatherings, but also to sad occasions. It can
be a treat or a food, but also an elixir and even medicine. Wine can settle you
down and help you unwind, but it can also stimulate philosophical discussions.
Wine is a valuable cultural asset of Burgenland, with a history of 200 years.
Finally wine is also joie de vivre and a bread-and-butter job for winegrowers
(like us here in Austria).
Far away from where?
Simply
Pannonian
...where only on particularly clear days are mountains seen in the west, and to
the east, the sky seems virtually infinite.
...where the first spring awakes and warm, dry, southern winds sweep over the
land.
...where in various places up until the silvery Indian summer, busy bustling
reigns in the vineyards.
...where in the winter, the icy wind can almost take your breath away.
...where we live and work, where we find peace and ideas on how to do even
better. And simply Pannonian are our wines: fresh, fruity, ripe, and
full-bodied. Some say our vineyard lies in the remotest corner of Austria.
Others say that where we are, everything starts. We truthfully don't say more
than: it lays in Tadten, Obere Hauptstrasse 11, and it is an attractive, quiet
place with ideal possibilities all around and sites to produce wines like we
imagine them.
Since
the quality, which comes from the vineyard, can only be preserved in the wine
cellar, we should start there. Our vineyards are all to be found in the
municipality of Tadten and, according to the soil and conditions, we strive to
place the most appropriate variety. Our sites are Ried Oberzick, gravel, very
mineral and chalky, warm and permeable. 
Ried Unterjoch, sandy clay and gravel, Upper soil: moderately heavy with some
coarse-grained soil. Warm. Some limestone. Ried Kreuzjoch, slight gravel,
mineral-rich, moderately heavy. Upper soil: brown soil with slight coarse grain.
Dry location. The climate determines the entire period of vegetation, every
year. For this reason, it is important for us to pass on some´information. The
northern Burgenland is affected by the Pannonian climate. Harsh winters; mild
but sometimes also very warm spring days; very hot and dry summers; and often
stable autumn weather—all results in an average of 2000 hours of sun per year.
In the southern part of the Seewinkel, two climatic factors play an important
role. On the one hand, the huge expanse of water of the Neusiedlersee and the
Lacken; on the other hand, the Hansag, formerly a large swamp. The lake is a
natural heat accumulator, especially in autumn, whereas the Hansag provides for
cooler nights in the summer and with these influences, the aroma develops. Here,
on the edge of the Hungarian lowlands, where the countryside seems to be
graceful and infinite, is the National park, Neusiedlersee, that is considered a
rare treasure, due to the unique flora and fauna.
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