REGION

The Südsteiermark, or South Styria, is a wine-growing area of picture-book beauty: soft hills, steep vineyards, small forests and scatterings of fruit trees characterize the landscape.

The warm and humid climatic here, influenced by the Mediterranean sea, allows for a long vegetation period. But there are cool nights as well, and these promote the development of rich aromas that give to the grapes, especially the Sauvignon Blanc variety, an abundance of nuance and noblesse.

Two and a half thousand years ago – around 400 B.C., the Celts in the area took advantage of the wild grape vines growing here. And over the centuries that followed, wine growing in the Südsteiermark encountered many highs and lows. But in the 1980s, the first true quality pioneers here began focusing on wine growing without conditions. And national as well as international success has been the result. This fundamental quality approach continues in full force today.