Weingut Weszeli


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The foundation of the winery where we vinify our wines today was laid in 1679. For more than 300 years, mixed farming had been practiced in the flatlands and on the terraces around Langenlois, with viticulture playing only a minor role. It wasn’t until the second half of the last century that the farmers working in the region began focusing exclusively on winegrowing, drawing on a wealth of experience that has been passed down from generation to generation. The knowledge about the special characteristics of the vineyards, the specific sites, the deep-rooted grape varieties and microclimatic particularities finally came to us. And we try not only to preserve them, but also to build on them with our own experiences and ideas. In short: to give the established traditions new life. We work a lot with our hands. We use them to prune 100,000 vines every winter and work the soil under the vines every spring. Our hands are far more precise and sensitive than machines. With them, we can do things that machines can’t do - things that are so important to us. For example, in our best vineyards, instead of cutting off vine shoots, we wrap them around the wires and ensure that they develop evenly. And, naturally, we harvest manually. The harvest days are the most important ones of the entire year. So by doing this completely by hand, we make sure - one final time – that all the grapes are flawless, healthy and perfectly ripe. We cultivate our vineyards according to biodynamic principles. In concrete terms, this means that we work according to the guidelines of the Demeter Association. There are many reasons why we have a biodynamic focus. And they have as much to do with ecological awareness and a deep respect for nature as with an ethical attitude. This can be broken down quite simply: we humans cannot continue as before if we want to give future generations the opportunity to go on living well on earth. But we also believe that by consciously nurturing our vines and soils with natural preparations, together with a profound understanding of the surrounding environment and through the creation of biodiverse vineyards, we will ultimately have better grapes and, thus, wines that develop in the bottle over several years – wines that tell more and more about their terroirs in detail and complexity.