The Kopfensteiner family winery is located in the "Weinidylle Südburgenland" winegrowing region near the Hungarian border, is run by Astrid and Thomas Kopfensteiner in the third generation and was still run as a sideline until a few years ago. In the 1990s, the vineyard area was steadily expanded and currently around 16 hectares of vineyards are cultivated in Deutsch Schützen and on the Eisenberg. The varieties range from Welschriesling, Pinot Blanc Weissburgunder, Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch to Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The main focus is on Blaufränkisch, which is also the leading variety in southern Burgenland and thrives best in this region. The Kopfensteiners have made uncompromising quality and conscientious work for an end product typical of the region their top priority.
The company's flagship wines are the Blaufränkisch wines from the Eisenberg vineyards and certainly also the "Border" cuvée, a wine that is already impressive in its youth, but shows its large format even better with a few years of age. The vineyards are cultivated with the utmost care and great love. Precise thinning and defoliation, along with the climate and soil, guarantee ripe and perfect grapes. "Only grapes that are physiologically ripe and free of green tannins are processed into quality wines - not through over-motivated labour and certainly not through the so-called 'new cellar technologies'," say the Kopfensteiners unanimously.
