Weingut Weninger – Burgenland
With its Blaufränkisch wines, Weingut Weninger is among the top wineries in Burgenland. Father Franz already caused a stir with his distinctive red wines. Son Franz inherited the pioneering spirit and vinifies impressive natural wines, grown on both sides of the Austro-Hungarian border.
Weingut Weninger – Austria and Hungary
In Horitschon in Central Burgenland, the Weninger family, who have lived at Florianigasse 11 since 1828, ran a typical mixed agricultural business with arable land, cows, and 5 hectares of vineyards. In 1983, Franz Ludwig Weninger and his wife Martina took over the farm from parents Ludwig and Rosa, and focused entirely on viticulture. In 1992, they founded a winery in Southern Hungary together with Attila Gere, and in 1997, one near the border in Sopron-Balf. Son Franz Weninger, the current owner, classically slid into the family business. He attended viticulture school in Klosterneuburg and, after an internship abroad in California, he initially took over the winery in Sopron in 2000. By 2004, it had already been converted to organic viticulture, and in 2006, biodynamic certification followed. Father Franz soon grew fond of his son's independent style of winemaking and also handed over the Burgenland winery to him in 2011.
Weingut Weninger – Organic Biodynamic
Sustainable farming, preserving natural resources, and protecting the soil for future generations are particularly close to the Weningers' hearts. Healthy soil produces distinctive wines that reflect their origin, whether they come from the loamy soils around Horitschon, on a plateau at 230m above sea level, in sites like Hochäcker, Kirchholz, and Dürrau, or from cool, chalky soils like in the Kalkofen site, or from stony, warm sites at the height of Lake Neusiedl, like the Steiner site. Franz now lives in Horitschon again and manages both wineries together with his wife Petra: 24 hectares in Austria and 25 hectares in Hungary. Blaufränkisch is dominant here, or Kékfrankos, as it is called in Hungarian, but Furmint, Pinot Blanc (Fehérburgundi), and Syrah are also cultivated at Weingut Weninger. The winery is a member of Respekt and Demeter.
