Our Wine Cellar
Historic Cellars, a Living Winemaking Tradition
Our historic vaulted cellars, dating back to the late 14th century, remain an integral part of our estate today. Their constant temperature of around 14°C provides ideal conditions for our wines to mature and age. Here, centuries of winemaking tradition meet the everyday work of a new generation of winemakers.
We produce approximately 40,000 bottles each year. From classic Lagrein grown in Gries and elegant white wines to our skin-fermented SPUR wines, we share one guiding principle: to preserve the character of each grape variety and its origins, while giving every wine the time and attention it needs to develop its own personality.
Craftsmanship, Experience and Time
For winemaker Florian Schmid, everything begins with the quality of the grapes. After harvest, the grapes are processed at our estate, with different winemaking approaches chosen according to the variety and the style of wine we want to create.
Stainless steel helps preserve freshness and pure fruit character. Large oak casks and barriques allow selected wines to mature gradually, developing greater structure and depth. For our SPUR wines, we also work with extended skin fermentation, indigenous yeasts and carefully considered ageing periods. Rather than following a fixed formula, we choose the approach that best suits each wine.
Our centuries-old vaulted cellars and more modern winemaking facilities complement one another. Traditional craftsmanship, experience and precise cellar technology provide the foundation for wines with a distinctive identity. Above all, we believe that the role of winemaking is to bring out the quality of the grapes without overshadowing their origins or individual character.
Our four wine collections, Klassik, Villa Schmid, Riserva and SPUR, reveal how origin, grape variety and our approach to winemaking come together in the glass.
