The Schmelz family farm terraced plots above Joching on the south bank of the Danube and sell most of their wine direct to visitors and through local trade.
Address: Joching 38, 3610 Joching, Wachau
Karl Lagler's small estate in Joching farms terraced plots with minimal intervention, producing Federspiel and Smaragd wines that locals prize for their purity and site fidelity. Limited production keeps Lagler wines mostly in Austrian circulation.
Stift Melk, the Benedictine monastery perched dramatically above the western gateway of the Wachau, maintains vineyard plots on the steep terraces immediately below the monastery.
The Augustinian Canons of Klosterneuburg Monastery hold historic vineyard plots in the Wachau and produce wine under the Chorherren label from these sites.
Karl Lagler's small estate in Joching farms terraced plots with minimal intervention, producing Federspiel and Smaragd wines that locals prize for their purity and site fidelity. Limited production keeps Lagler wines mostly in Austrian circulation.
Peter Veyder-Malberg farms steep biodynamic terraced parcels above Spitz, producing micro-quantity wines that attract a devoted following among natural-wine collectors internationally.
A compact family estate in Weissenkirchen whose wines rarely travel beyond the Austrian domestic market. The Frischengruber family farms their terraced plots and sells primarily direct, making a site visit to Weissenkirchen the surest way to taste their wines.
The Gritsch family has farmed the Mauritiushof estate in Spitz for generations, with plots including sections of the celebrated Tausendeimerberg (Thousand-Bucket Hill).
