Craft & Estate Portfolio Book

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Heinrich

WINERY OVERVIEW

Gernot and Heike Heinrich founded their winery in 1990 with 2.5 acres (1 hectare) of vineyard purchased from Gernot’s family. His early work in the family winery, like most of that generation, was purely an agricultural pursuit with goals more related to quantity production. Just over a decade later, the Heinrich’s were recognized with the prestigious Falstaff “Winemaker of the Year” award. The philosophy at the winery is as transparent and pure as their wines: to make a fresh start for the area. The joy and bravery that helped them to get started still drives them both today, as they look across Lake Neusiedl to Leithaberg for their next challenge. The province of Burgenland lies on Austria’s central, eastern border. The climate is regulated by the last fingers of the Alps, which extend to the top of Lake Neusiedl, the other major influence in the area. It is in the two wine growing regions of Neusiedlersee-Hugelland, located on both sides of the lake, that most of the province’s wine is grown. Three main vineyard areas comprise the Heinrich vineyard land: the Heideboden (gravel soils that stretch from Gols toward the shores of Lake Neusiedl); the cru sites of Parndorfer Platte (the last vestige of the Wagram ridge that extends from the Danube valley through Vienna ending near the Hungarian border); and the vineyards of the Leitha range (new to Heinrich, on the northwestern edge of the lake.) LOCATION OF VINEYARD

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