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WIENINGER (VEEN-een-guhr) Location: Vienna (Wien) Established: 1905 Principals: Fritz Wieninger (owner and winemaker) and Lisse Wieninger (owner) Hectares: 50.5 KEY POINTS: 1. Wieninger is the leading wine estate in the city of Vienna and is a champion of Gemischter Satz (Geh-mish-ter Sah-ts), a traditional field blend popular in Austria’s heurigen (wine taverns). Owner and winemaker Fritz Wieninger was one of the first in Vienna to focus on quality and helped establish the Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC. 2. Vineyard holdings are in the historic Nussberg and Bisamberg areas in northern districts of Vienna. 3. Fritz Wieninger is one of the founding members of respekt- BIODYN [1] as well as WienWein [7] .

HEINRICH (HINE-rick) Location: Burgenland Established: 1990 Principals: Gernot Heinrich (winemaker and owner) and Heike Heinrich (owner) Hectares: 90 KEY POINTS: 1. Gernot and Heike Heinrich founded their winery in 1990 with just one hectare and have steadily grown to 90 hectares. Today, Heinrich is a leading producer of the Leithaberg DAC. 2. An inquisitive and evolving producer in northern Burgenland focused on Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt, regarded as one of Austria’s most innovative wine producers. 3. Heinrich converted to biodynamics in 2006 and is a founding member of respekt-BIODYN [1] and a member of Pannobile Growers Association [2] .

CORE SKUS: 1. Heinrich Red 2. Heinrich Zweigelt 3. Heinrich Blaufränkish

CORE SKUS: 1. Wieninger Grüner Veltliner Vienna Hills 2. Wieninger Gemischter Satz 3. Wieninger Gemischter Satz Nussberg “Ried Ulm”

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