Although we are not members of an organic-growers association, we realize that soil cultivation, protection of beneficial animals and the preservation of animal and plant life results in a well-balanced environment and, thus, well-balanced wines as well.

Wines are a manifestation of the grounds they grow on. This is why the careful cultivation of our soils, the protection of ecologically beneficial organisms, and the preservation of the region's multitude of species are so important to us. Our soils are characterized by an enormous diversity of elements which must be treasured and preserved so that you may rediscover them in our wines.

To achieve a clear, expressive wine, it is important that only the finest, ripe grapes are used. They are harvested by hand and sorted with care, grape by grape.

The Locations and their Soil Conditions:

Ried Hallebühl, (Frauenkirchen) - soil is rich in minerals and dry, high magnesium and iron content

Vom Stein, (Frauenkirchen) - soil contains quartz, location is dry

Haideboden, (Frauenkirchen) - soil has siliceous layers and a high quartz content, is interspersed with flint and is moderately dry

Kirschgarten, (Jois) - sandstone with loamy topsoil and limy slate, part of which is high in mineral content

Hackelsberg, (Jois) - quartz-chloritic slate