Franz Hofbauer, a native of Wachau, and Michael Linke from the Palatinate founded Grabenwerkstatt in 2014. In just a few years, they have managed to become one of the very best wineries in Austria. They have gone their own way with a passion for wine that borders on obsession. They have recultivated five hectares of partly neglected but once legendary steep slopes and, with Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, rely on meticulous manual work and organic cultivation without exception.
The name of the winery is a double reference - on the one hand to the Spitzer Graben, the coolest and most demanding zone within Austria's flagship white wine region Wachau, and on the other hand to their approach, which has a lot to do with wheelbarrows, hoes and buckets, organic cultivation and meticulous attention to every single vine. "We try to understand the essence of each individual vineyard, to gradually get to the bottom of its peculiarities and to convey them as precisely as possible in our wines. Elegance, vitality, structure and natural depth are decisive parameters."
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