28 editor-picked estates growing Zweigelt in Burgenland.
Where to taste Zweigelt in Burgenland: the estates that grow it, how the region expresses the grape, and how to book a visit.
Frauenkirchen estate on the Neusiedlersee's east shore, working Zweigelt, St. Laurent and Blaufränkisch.
Tasting: By appointment, Monday to Friday 9am-1pm and 2-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm.
Tip: The single-vineyard Ried Hallebühl Zweigelt is the estate's flagship red.
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.
Sixty hectare Gols estate certified biodynamic under Demeter and respekt-BIODYN, working the Salzberg and Gabarinza sites near Lake Neusiedl.
Tasting: By appointment; closed Sundays and public holidays.
Tip: Gabarinza is Gernot Heinrich's single-vineyard Blaufränkisch bottling, named for its Ried in Gols.
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.
Gols estate expanded from 12 to 25 hectares under Paul Achs since 1990, best known for the single vineyard Altenberg Blaufränkisch.
Tasting: By appointment, with seasonal open weekends announced on the estate site.
Tip: Altenberg Blaufränkisch is one of the estate's named single-vineyard bottlings.
Gols natural wine pioneers known as the Pittis, replanting St. Laurent and working Pinot Noir and Zweigelt into unfiltered, additive light cuvées.
Tasting: By appointment at the Gols cellar.
Tip: Look for the Pannobile-style Zweigelt blend as an entry point to the range.
One of Burgenland's larger estates, farming the Andau flatlands near the Hungarian border and known for the Big John and The Legends Bordeaux style reds.
Tasting: Cellar door tastings and events, Monday to Saturday per posted hours.
Tip: Big John blends Zweigelt, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir into an approachable everyday red.
Demeter certified biodynamic mixed farm in Pamhagen inside the Neusiedlersee-Seewinkel National Park, fermenting spontaneously across still, sparkling and skin contact cuvées.
Tasting: Farm and cellar visits by appointment.
Tip: The amphora aged orange wines are a distinct departure from the estate's varietal still bottlings.
Hillside architectural landmark above Jois, farming over 100 hectares organically since 2010 across a broad varietal range from Gelber Muskateller to Blaufränkisch.
Tasting: Daily 10am-6pm, cellar door shop and tastings.
Tip: The estate's Jois hilltop terrace overlooks the Neusiedlersee from its cellar door.
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.
Family estate documented in Großhöflein since 1775, farming 25 hectares on the Leitha range's southern slopes across an unusually broad varietal range.
Tasting: By appointment at the Großhöflein cellar.
Tip: Steinzeiler is the estate's red cuvée, Blaufränkisch-led with smaller shares of Cabernet Sauvignon and Zweigelt from the Point and Setz parcels.
Formerly Domaine Pöttelsdorf, now Schandl's Weingut, a Rosalia DAC specialist named Austria's best rosé producer in 2024 for its organic Bio-Rosés.
Tasting: By appointment at the Pöttelsdorf cellar.
Tip: The Origin of Rosé bottling is the estate's flagship Rosalia DAC rosé.
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.
Horitschon estate organic since 2005 and biodynamic since 2006, farming Blaufränkisch on both sides of the Austrian-Hungarian border around Sopron.
Tasting: By appointment at the Horitschon estate.
Tip: The single-vineyard Kirchholz and Spern Steiner bottlings track the estate's Blaufränkisch terroir range.
Family run Deutschkreutz estate since 1975, certified organic since 2014, farming 46 hectares across a broad red and white range under the K+K Kirnbauer and Phantom labels.
Tasting: Monday to Saturday 10am-12pm and 1-6pm.
Tip: The Phantom label cuvées are the estate's premium single vineyard Blaufränkisch tier.
Deutschkreutz family estate spanning 23 hectares of Austrian and international varieties, with daughter Lisa Pfneisl's Offspring line focused on vegan, sustainable production.
Tasting: By appointment at the Deutschkreutz cellar.
Tip: Offspring by Pfneisl is the estate's newer, vegan certified sub-label.
Father and son Deutschkreutz estate farming 35 hectares of red varieties, built around the Quattro Bordeaux style blend and single vineyard Blaufränkisch.
Tasting: By appointment at the Deutschkreutz cellar.
Tip: Quattro is the estate's signature four way Bordeaux variety blend.
Deutschkreutz estate with roots to 1767, run by Silvia Heinrich since 2010, producing red-only wines built around Blaufränkisch.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, Saturday 1-5pm; tastings by appointment Thursday to Saturday afternoons.
Tip: Silvia Heinrich vinifies Blaufränkisch in seven distinct single vineyard expressions.
A small cellar on Rust's Hauptstraße where Kurt and Katrin Feiler pour their Blaufränkisch-led reds alongside the estate's noble-sweet Ruster Ausbruch. About 60 percent of the 27-hectare estate is planted to red varieties, with the trilogy of white, red and sweet wines poured together on request.
Albert Gesellmann's organically farmed Deutschkreutz estate, run by the family since 1767, is best known for the Blaufränkisch-Zweigelt-St. Laurent blend Opus Eximium and the single-varietal Blaufränkisch hochberc. Visits are arranged directly with the family.
Anita and Hans Nittnaus have farmed this Gols estate since 1985, certified biodynamic under respekt-BIODYN since 2013. The red-led range built on Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt is poured alongside a small natural-wine line launched in 2019, with visits arranged directly with the family.
Stephanie and Eduard, who took over the estate in 2007, farm biodynamically by hand and horse and bottle every cuvée under a hand-drawn family-portrait label.
Why locals love it: Overshadowed by Burgenland's classified DAC estates, Gut Oggau is better known internationally on natural-wine lists than to first-time regional visitors.
Judith Beck farms her Gols vineyards organically (control number AT-BIO-402) with Steiner-inspired biodynamic methods, spontaneous fermentation and no commercial yeast additions.
Why locals love it: A Pannobile member since the group's founding, Beck's cellar is a quiet, appointment-driven stop that rarely appears on standard Neusiedlersee coach itineraries.
Gerhard and Brigitte Pittnauer grew the estate from 3.8 hectares in 1992 into a family operation that treats organic farming as its baseline standard under the tagline "Natural Wines for Unnatural Times."
Why locals love it: The Pittnauer cellar door sits on a residential Gols side street with no signage aimed at drive-by tourists, so most visitors arrive by referral rather than by chance.
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.
Gernot Leitner runs a broad range from everyday Heideboden bottlings to single-Ried Ungerberg and Altenberg reds, plus the estate's Pannobile red and white contributions.
Why locals love it: A varied, sensibly priced range sold mostly direct means Leitner's wines circulate far less on export lists than the bigger Neusiedlersee names.