13 editor-picked estates growing Weissburgunder in Burgenland.
Where to taste Weissburgunder in Burgenland: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Seewinkel dessert wine specialist between Illmitz and the Neusiedlersee shore, world renowned for botrytis affected Trockenbeerenauslese from Welschriesling and Chardonnay.
Tasting: By appointment through the estate shop office in Illmitz.
Tip: The numbered Trockenbeerenauslese cuvées reward a decade or more of bottle age.
Gols family estate farming since 1684 and biodynamic since 2013, a founding voice of the Pannobile group behind Comondor and Leithaberg DAC cuvées.
Tasting: By appointment at the family cellar in Gols.
Tip: Look for the Comondor red blend, the estate's flagship Pannobile-style cuvée.
Gols producer working biodynamically under respekt-BIODYN since 2006, known for a personal, low intervention style across Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt and skin contact whites.
Tasting: By appointment at the estate's architect-designed cellar in Gols.
Tip: The Puszta Libre red blend is the estate's playful entry-level bottling.
Gols estate founded in 1976 and farmed biodynamically since 2007, favouring traditional Wagram slope plantings of Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch and St. Laurent.
Tasting: By appointment at the estate in Gols.
Tip: The single-vineyard Ungerberg bottlings show a mineral-driven side of the estate's range.
Rust family estate since 1936, biodynamic under respekt-BIODYN since 2008, spanning red, white and Ruster Ausbruch dessert wines across 29 hectares.
Tasting: By appointment at the family's baroque townhouse cellar in Rust.
Tip: The Ruster Ausbruch Essenz bottlings are among the most sought single vineyard sweet wines in Rust.
Three century Rust winemaking family run by Heidi Schröck and her sons Georg and Johannes, working Furmint, Blaufränkisch and Weissburgunder into dry wines and Ruster Ausbruch.
Tasting: By appointment at the cellar on Rust's main square.
Tip: Heidi Schröck literally wrote a reference book on Ruster Ausbruch; ask to taste an older vintage if visiting.
Biodynamic estate restored from a derelict 17th century farmhouse in 2007, known for illustrated character labelled Blaufränkisch and Grüner Veltliner cuvées.
Tasting: Open Friday 4-10pm, Saturday and Sunday 12-10pm; closed Monday to Thursday.
Tip: Each Gut Oggau label depicts an imagined family member; ask staff to explain the family tree behind the range.
150 year Schützen am Gebirge family estate working the Goldberg, Seeberg and Ungerberg sites for certified organic Leithaberg DAC Blaufränkisch and Weissburgunder.
Tasting: By appointment, 9am-12pm and 1-5pm.
Tip: Goldberg is one of the three Leithaberg sites the family works, alongside Seeberg and Ungerberg.
Eleven generation family estate on the Leithaberg's southern slopes, certified organic since 2012 and focused on indigenous Austrian varieties including Neuburger and St. Laurent.
Tasting: Wednesday 3-6pm, Saturday 10am-1pm, or by appointment.
Tip: Tinhof's Neuburger is one of the few widely available modern examples of this near extinct indigenous grape.
Third generation Antau estate at the heart of Rosalia DAC, working ancient sea bed soils for Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch and the appellation's signature rosé.
Tasting: By appointment at the Antau cellar.
Tip: Migsich spreads horse manure across its vineyards as part of a climate adaptation programme.
Welgersdorf estate on the Eisenberg's slate soils, a career changer project from the mid-1990s built on a less is more Blaufränkisch philosophy.
Tasting: Farm gate sales by telephone appointment.
Tip: The Ried Reihburg Blaufränkisch is Uwe Schiefer's most site specific bottling.
Gernot and Heike Heinrich have farmed biodynamically since the early 2000s under Demeter certification, releasing both serious Leithaberg DAC bottlings and a playful "Naked" low-intervention line.
Why locals love it: Despite deep respect among sommeliers, the estate keeps a low retail profile in Austria itself, selling mostly through its own shop and export.
Andreas Gsellmann is a founding Pannobile member whose single-vineyard Ried Goldberg Weissburgunder anchors the group's white Pannobile bottling.
Why locals love it: Gsellmann's cellar, on a plain Gols high street address, draws far fewer casual visitors than the lakeside villages get, despite the estate's Pannobile pedigree.