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1978<\/strong>
THE STARTING CAPITAL<\/strong>
0,75 ha

Roman and Heidi marry and take over their parents' farm with 0.75 hectares of vineyards, 23 hectares of grain, potatoes and sugar beet, seven bulls, 47 pigs and a small wine tavern in Stetten. They buy a house in the next town (Korneuburg) and open the \u2018Laterndl Pfaffl\u2019 wine tavern there in 1979.


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1983 <\/strong>
THE FIRST BOTTLING

<\/strong>Roman is convinced that we can produce first-class wines in our region and bottles 200 bottles of quality wine for the first time. His father thinks he's crazy and asks him how he wants to sell so much expensive wine? Both wines win gold at the Lower Austrian wine evaluation and are soon sold out.<\/p>




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1987 <\/strong>
THE WHITE DIAMOND

<\/strong>Roman is working on a label for his wines. He wants it to be elegant, unmistakable and eye-catching and designs our white diamond with paper and pencil. He later had it revised and since then the white diamond has only ever adorned our wines with small changes.<\/p>




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1989 <\/strong>
THE TERRACES<\/strong>
12 ha

In a spontaneous move, Roman buys seven hectares of the finest vineyards, all of which are overgrown and need to be replanted. At the time, Roman himself was cultivating five hectares of vineyards. He has not yet spoken to the bank about financing the purchase. Heidi is not yet in the loop either. And then there's the question: will we be able to sell so much wine?<\/p>








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1991<\/strong>
FIRST EXPORTS

<\/strong>Summer holidays in Carinthia are used to make contact with Carinthian restaurateurs. This is how our friendship with Valentin Latschen, who is known for his excellent schnapps, began. He recommends our wines to his school colleague Anton Viehhauser, who has made a name for himself as a wine merchant in Hamburg. As a result, our first delivery to a wine merchant becomes an export business.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2000<\/strong>
FULL SPEAD AHEAD<\/strong>
40 ha

The vineyards of Schloss Bockfliess are offered to us for cultivation. 10 hectares of the best sites. A rarity! We now have 30 hectares of our own land. Finally, the family makes the decision: We close the wine tavern and put all our energy into our winery. The whole family is involved, including Heidemarie and our sister Elisabeth, who later marries and now runs the Wannemacher wine tavern together with her husband.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2002<\/strong>
MAJOR REBUILD

<\/strong>We are realising our dream of a professional winery and expanding our cellar on a grand scale. We attach particular importance to the gentle processing of our wines. Air-conditioned rooms, temperature control for our tanks, washable walls and floors and short distances are important to us. The old farmhouse becomes a vinotheque, office and light-flooded tasting rooms.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2003<\/strong>
THE REGION<\/strong>

Roman is committed to a joint approach by the Weinviertel winegrowers, initiated the founding of the \u2018Weinviertler\u2019 in 1993 and was appointed Chairman of the Weinviertel Regional Wine Committee in 2002. Under his leadership, Austria's first appellation was introduced in 2003: Weinviertel DAC. In 2007, he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit of the Republic of Austria for his voluntary work. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2004<\/strong>
THE NEW GENERATION<\/strong>
50 ha

Roman Josef is fresh out of viticulture school and his father immediately gives him full responsibility in the cellar. The junior introduces a new way of cultivating vineyards with double vine training, and his penchant for full-bodied red wines leads to a considerable boost in the red wine sector. At the same time, we start cultivating our Viennese vineyards and thus have Viennese wines in our programme for the first time. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2009<\/strong>
THE FINISHING TOUCH<\/strong>
66 ha

The new press with the ultra-modern inert gas system needs more space. That's why the press house is moved to a new room and the old one now houses red wine fermentation tanks. A new home is created for our barriques. Black chandeliers are now enthroned above our treasure. Two fountains ensure the optimum room climate in the barrique store. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2011<\/strong>
THE HANDOVER<\/strong>
75 ha

Roman's 60th birthday, Roman and Adelheid hand over the winery to their two children Roman Josef and Heidemarie. Both have been firmly anchored in the business for years and the family continues to work as before: old and young together, all pulling in the same direction and everyone has their own fixed place. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2016<\/strong>
THE AWARD<\/strong>
107 ha

Roman and Heidi fly to Miami to receive the Winestar Award \u2018European Winery of the Year\u2019 from Wine Enthusiast at a grand gala. \u2018For your achievements in bringing Gr\u00fcner Veltliner to the world.\u2019<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2017<\/strong>
THE BIG STEP<\/strong>
114 ha

Our bottling plant and bottle warehouse are reaching their limits. A small conversion is not possible due to the local conditions, we have to take a giant step. Over a 3-year construction period, we build another tank farm and double the size of the press house. In addition, a bottling hall with a fully automatic bottling plant including a warehouse and dispatch warehouse is built.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2020<\/strong>
OUR WAY OF PRUNING<\/strong>
137 ha

Despite the hot, dry summers, we want to preserve the freshness in our wines and have been experimenting with different pruning methods since 2010. In 2020, we are converting a large part of our vineyards to minimal pruning in order to get more shade for our grapes and smaller berries, which bring more flavour. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2021<\/strong>
THE INNOVATIONEN<\/strong>
151 ha

We are pursuing the goal of becoming energy self-sufficient and relying on the power of the sun Our roofs and fa\u00e7ades will be equipped with photovoltaics. But the really exciting part is inside. Roman is having the very latest technology supplied from Italy for his cellar, setting new standards in the Austrian wine industry. His top priority is to process the wines with the utmost care.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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2024<\/strong>
THE JUBILEE<\/strong>
158 ha

Just in time for his 40th birthday, Roman Josef brings in his 20th harvest. Countless gold medals for his wines have earned him the title of \u2018Austria's Best Producer\u2019 a total of 10 times over the years, we have been named \u2018Austria's Winery of the Year\u2019 10 times, \u2018European Winery of the Year\u2019 once and even \u2018International Winery of the Year\u2019 once. Happy Birthday, Roman!<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\t

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