The winery is located in the wine-growing municipality of Gols in the Burgenland wine-growing region of Neusiedlersee (Austria). The family business was taken over by Birgit and Helmuth Renner in 1988 and was developed into a modern winery. The vineyards comprise 13 hectares of vineyards in the areas Altenberg, Heideboden, Salzberg, Schafleiten and Setzlust. They are 85% with the red wine varieties Zweigelt, BlaufränkischThe vineyards are planted withPinot Noir, St. Laurent, Merlot and Syrah, as well as 15%Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay and Welschriesling. Premium wines include the red wine cuvées Altenberg (Blaufränkisch, Merlot, Zweigelt, 22 months in new barriques) and Pannobile red (Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, Syrah, 18 months), as well as "Alter Weingarten" (St. Laurent, 14 months), Blauburgunder (16 months), Zweigelt Altenberg from vines over 40 years old and the white wine cuvée Pannobile white (Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, 15 months). In years with suitable weather conditions, sweet specialty wines such as Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein are also pressed. A red Pannobile of the winery was bottled in 2013 in the newly created bottle oversize Narcis with 7.5 litres (10 normal bottles). Around 70,000 bottles of wine are produced annually. Bottle-fermented sparkling wine and yeast brandy are also produced. The winery is a member of the Pannobile Association.
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