In 1992, Anton Bauer from Wagram took over his parents' winery with just 3.2 hectares of vineyards. Today, the quality enthusiast manages around 40 hectares of vineyards in Feuersbrunn. He studied at the Krems School of Viticulture, completed an internship in Burgundy - a wine region for which he has a particular passion - and worked for four years as an oenologist at a renowned Lower Austrian winery. After that, Anton Bauer began his journey, the "adventure of being a winemaker". He has been pursuing it ever since with determination and joy.
It is the combination of being deeply rooted and open to new things, of being traditional and experimental, that defines Anton Bauer. From the very beginning, the winemaker has always been a visionary. In addition to the Wagramer classics such as Grüner Veltliner, Roter Veltliner, and Riesling, he started making red wines early on - a bold step that was met with scepticism by many. But Anton Bauer had the courage of his convictions. Today, his Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, and legendary Cuvée Legendär are among the top red wines in the country. His varietal and regional white wines are also in the same league. Rosenberg, Spiegel, Kirchthal, and Stiegl are his best sites, from which he vinifies crystal-clear wines with depth year after year.
Anton Bauer attaches great importance to precision and integrated grape production that is friendly to the vineyards' beneficial insects and restrained in its use of pesticides. A healthy soil enriched with humus is the basis for the deep-rooted vines. Summer pruning and selective/cluster berry thinning are further foundations for a qualitatively superior harvest. Once physiologically ripe, the grapes are processed as gently as possible, and 100% manual harvesting is a fundamental part of the process.
