The Feiler-Artinger winery is a family business deeply rooted in the region and the free city of Rust. In 1936, Gustav and Karoline Feiler laid the foundation stone with the purchase of the baroque town house at Hauptstraße 3. With much diligence and skill, out of almost nothing they grew a flourishing business, which in the 1980s already counted 18 hectares of vineyards.
In the second generation, Hans Feiler ran the business with his wife Inge and his sister Gertrude Artinger, hence the double name from 1985. Since 1994, son Kurt Feiler has also been working in the business. Since 2013, together with his wife Katrin, he has been mainly responsible for the winery.
Their love of nature and its conservation have always characterised the thinking and actions of the Feilers. A near-natural cultivation of the vineyards without herbicides and pesticides has always been standard. In 2008, with the conversion to biodynamic cultivation (respekt-BIODYN), a further step was taken towards even more sustainability and closeness to nature. They also practice careful dairy cow husbandry in the vineyard. The cows graze the vineyards in winter. They fertilise and also provide manure for their own compost as well as the biodynamic preparation "horn manure".
The Feiler-Artinger winery has become world-famous for its superb noble sweet wines, especially the Ruster Ausbruch. But in Rust one feels obliged to the whole wine trilogy: white, red and sweet wine, because the climatic conditions allow great results also with dry whites and reds.
The top of the range is the Ruster Ausbruch DAC. In a great botrytis year, there will always be a triumvirate of sweetness: from the excellent fruit-driven Ruster Ausbruch, the arc spans the finesse-rich, elegant Ruster Ausbruch "Pinot Cuvée" to the Ruster Ausbruch "Essence".
