The Steurer winery is located in Jois and is run as a dedicated family business. While Hannes Steurer is responsible for all wine-related work from vine cultivation to vinification, his wife Emma supports him in administration and sales. Son Michael is also actively involved and has already vinified four of his own wines, a Pet Nat (Grüner Veltliner with Pinot Blanc), a Chardonnay fermented in wood, a rosé from the Gritschenberg vineyard and the new Cabernet Sauvignon Marthal. However, he is currently also gaining experience at other wineries.
The winery has 14 hectares of vineyards, 75 percent of which are planted with red wine varieties (Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon) and 25 percent with white wine varieties (Welschriesling, Grüner Veltliner, Traminer, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Blanc). In addition, a few hectares of grapes from contract winegrowers are also vinified. In a prime location between the hills of the Leitha Mountains and Lake Neusiedl, the vines reward the winegrower with optimal grape material for powerful red and fruity white wines.
Steurer's basic philosophy of not being afraid to embrace modernity without losing sight of tradition also applies to the vinification process. The white wines ferment in electronically controlled cooling tanks and are then stored in stainless steel - this allows the grape fruit to be optimally transported into the bottle. But there are also various experiments in the orange area: here the wines are stored for a year on fine yeast without the addition of sulphur. For the red wines, the grapes from top vineyards are fermented in wooden vats to make them even more elegant. However, a large proportion of the reds are matured in French 225-litre and 500-litre barrels, which gives them fine roasted, vanilla and chocolate aromas. It is particularly important to the winemaker that his wines are enjoyable and that the region is recognisable in the wine.
Numerous awards underpin the quality of the wines, with three very special successes being the excellent "3rd Falstaff Winner" in 2012, the "AWC Trophy Winner" in 2018 and the "3rd Falstaff Varietal Winner" in 2018 with the "M1". The family business was also named Winery of the Year 2020 at the Burgenland Wine Awards, and in 2021 the "Fam Steurer" cuvée was voted the national winner.
In addition to the winery, the family also owns the "Genusslaube" wine tavern in Jois. If you want to stay a little longer, you can enjoy Burgenland at the new "Schlafgut" opposite the winery, which has its own pool and sauna and has been awarded five suns.
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