Schönberg am Kamp, located in a basin at the northernmost part of the Kamptal, is characterized by a microclimate with hot days and particularly cool nights. Weingut Gerhard Deim focuses on the region's strengths: Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. The winery's foundation is laid through intergenerational teamwork, the combination of time-honoured methods, and the spirit of youthful innovation. Old and young are united by the pursuit of uncompromisingly high quality, and this begins with the tending and nurturing of each individual vine, both in the case of estate and reserve wines and of local and regional wines.
Schönberger local wines are characterized by freshness, elegance, and palatability. They reflect the most diverse soil formations and the microclimate characterized by the unique location of the village within the basin. In the Irbling vineyard, Riesling grows on the foothills of the Waldviertel gneiss-slate plateau, and Grüner Veltliner at Kalvarienberg thrives on weathered soil of silicate rock with a thin layer of alluvial loess loam. In the Bernthal vineyard, the vines grow on metre-thick loess-loam terraces. Some Ried wines are aged in 500-litre barrels until the next harvest - an ideal size that simultaneously guarantees a balance between natural oxygen permeation and not too much wood influence. The many small terraces and plots in the vineyards can be vinified separately year after year due to the barrel size and thus optimally accompanied in their development until bottling.
