Thomas Schwarz was born in 1972 and grew up in Purbach. After graduating from high school in Eisenstadt, he spent a year and a half in Krems to learn how to make wine, but he still prefers to explore the Leithaberg. Why go anywhere else when there is still so much here that he doesn't know? And while his wine makes itself more and more, Thomas Schwarz can do other nice things: Spending time with his daughter, for example - or enduro riding, downhill mountain biking, stand-up paddling or simply listening to heavy metal. If he gets even better at "letting the wine make itself", then perhaps one day he will be able to realise his dream and brew his own good beer. This, he fears, is probably much more difficult to brew than good wine is to make.
Thomas Schwarz's aim is to make himself as superfluous as possible - in the vineyard and in the cellar. His vines and the soil on which they grow should be so healthy that they hardly need any help from humans, the wines ferment spontaneously and without intervention, develop and mature in large barrels that change the taste of the wines as little as possible. He would prefer his wine to bottle itself. Accordingly, he defines himself more by what he does not have and does not do: no barriques, no cultivated yeasts, no synthetic pesticides, insecticides and fertilizers. For his sparkling wine, the Rosé Brut "ZZ", he also dispenses with dosage and sulphur.
Since 2016, Thomas Schwarz has also dispensed with the term "quality wine" and sells his wines as "Landwein" or wine - including and especially those from the best vineyards. In his opinion, the best proof of quality is when he "accidentally" finishes a bottle in the evening. This happens to him time and again, especially with his Rosé Brut "ZZ".
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