The traditional foundation of the winery was laid by Ernst Huber, who, together with his wife Gerti, also completely reinterpreted the concept of the Viennese Heuriger in the 1970s; with its diversely laid-out premises and magnificent guest garden, the "Fuhrgassl-Huber" soon developed into a trademark for typical "Viennese conviviality", as autochthonous as Viennese wine itself.
The family commitment to wine culture is now continued by grandson Thomas Huber with professional competence and enthusiasm. With his state winner in the category "Kräftiger Gemischter Satz", he already clearly showed with the 2011 vintage where the path would continue to lead, namely towards the vinification of wines typical of the region with high quality standards, without disregarding the necessary balance between nature and modern cellar technology.
Since 2014, the Fuhrgassl-Huber winery has been a member of the "WienWein" group, as well as the "Traditionsweingüter Österreich" since 2018, and has been producing three 1ÖTW site wines since the 2017 vintage: Grüner Veltliner Ried Gollin, Weißburgunder Ried Schenkenberg and Riesling Ried Preussen. A fourth, Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC Ried Gollin, was added with the 2019 vintage.
Ernst Huber, who passed away in the winter of 2020, knew every inch of the Vienna vineyards and planted out many of the vines with his own hands over 30 years ago. Now his grandson Thomas Huber runs the winery on his own. Having grown up in the vineyard alongside his grandfather, his particular passion is the cultivation of old grape varieties such as Neuburger, Traminer or Roter Muskateller.
Currently, 14 of the total 38 hectares under cultivation are reserved for the Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC. With the Ried Mitterberg, the winery has already been the Viennese state winner five times, and with the Gemischter Satz several times the representative of Vienna in the "SALON Österreich Wein".
The next quality steps will be taken by the Fuhrgassl-Huber winery with the expansion of the wines of provenance, in order to bring out the special vineyards in Neustift, as well as the 1ÖTW sites on the Nussberg and in Grinzing even more intensively.
