The winery is located in the municipality of Gabersdorf in the Austrian wine-growing region of South Styria. Attached to it is the "Winzerhaus Ratsch". The winery was founded in 1860 by Josef List and has been family-owned ever since. After practice at home and abroad and after graduating from the HBLA for Viticulture and Pomiculture in Klosterneuburg, it is now run by his great-great-grandson Stefan Potzinger in the fourth generation. Hans-Peter Wippel is the oenologist. The vineyards cover 17 hectares of vineyards in the communities or sites of Ratsch (Kapun), Sulztal, Glanz (Kaltenegg), Langegg (Czamillonberg), Heimschuh (Kittenberg), Höch (Theresienhöhe), Kitzeck (Steinriegel), Flamberg (Oberburgstall) and Kainberg. They are planted with the white wine varieties Sauvignon Blanc, Welschriesling, Traminer, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Muscat, Riesling, Scheurebe and Morillon(Chardonnay), as well as the red wine variety Zweigelt.
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