Markus Pongratz has been impressing wine connoisseurs and critics at home and abroad with his consistently fruity line for several years now. His successes are no coincidence, but can be attributed to the good interplay of many factors: On the one hand, the top sites on the Kranachberg and Hochberg with their sandy soils provide the foundation for the good quality of the wines from the Pongratz estate. Another important point is the high ripeness of the grapes, which are pre-selected through repeated manual harvesting. Another criterion for producing such outstanding wines year after year is the state-of-the-art cellar technology, combined with the knowledge of cellar master Markus Pongratz.
Markus and Sabine Pongratz took over the winery from their parents in 2008. Weddings are celebrated and events of all kinds are organised in the cosy wine tavern. At the heart of the Pongratz family is the barn swallow. Every year, when the swallows return after the winter, there is a traditional swallow festival with a vintage tasting at the winery. Gerald Brettschuh, a highly acclaimed painter from southern Styria, has designed several swallow motifs for the winery and presented two of them, which are used on the labels. Incidentally, the best from the Pongratz estate is called "Schwalbenhimmel".
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