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Loimer
WINERY OVERVIEW
Born into a winemaking family, Fred Loimer Jr. realized early on that he would have a future
in the winemaking business. Following his formal education and experiences abroad working
for other wineries, he returned to his family’s winery in Langenlois, where he utilized his newly
gained experience.
In 1998, one year after the winery was handed over from father to son, Loimer bought a
historical vaulted brick cellar, a former cellar of the Haindorf Castle, in the middle of the
grapevines between Langenlois and Zöbing. With the help of the architect Andreas Burghardt,
he renovated the cellar, adding a minimalist building above to serve as the tasting room and
office. Since 1999, the wines have been vinified and stored in the historic cellar under perfect,
natural temperature conditions.
LOCATION OF VINEYARDS
The vineyards owned and managed by Loimer comprise a variety of the Kamptal region’s
soils: loess, loam, gneiss, and gravel. The single vineyard estate wines, marked by their
unadorned white linen labels, are sourced from older vineyards that have been tended under
biodynamic principles since 2006.
The Loimer winery is located in the Kamptal’s largest and most important village, Langenlois.
This village, Loimer’s hometown, gave its name to his most well known wine, the Grüner
Veltliner Lois (rhymes with choice).