Most Kremstal wineries are run as family businesses - but hardly anywhere is the family as fully integrated into the business as at the Thiery-Weber winery. For generations, the family has been as deeply rooted in their home village of Rohrendorf as the vines in the mighty Lössterrassen, where world-class Grüner Veltliner and Rieslings thrive. Generations are also still working at the winery today. Erich and Maria Weber took over the winery in 1986 from Maria's father Karl Thiery, who, like his wife Eveline, still lends a hand with the two hectares of vines. Since 2005, nephew Artur Toifl has provided support, contributing the experience he gained overseas and most recently in Langenlois with Fred Loimer.
"We see ourselves as a family business and want to stay that way," explains Artur Toifl, "not least because the division of work has proved to be ideal; everyone does exactly what they enjoy most in the business. As the individual inclinations complement each other perfectly, we are able to produce wines full of character." The winery has only recently rediscovered the traditional Gemischter Satz: the 2011 "Wolferl" - named after the term commonly used in Austria for the grapes overlooked in the vineyard during the harvest and was even included in Falstaff's top 100 white wines in Austria in 2013. "We want to make wines that are off the beaten track, as handcrafted as possible - and that people like to drink a second glass of," is the ambitious goal.
