THIS ALMOST NEVER HAPPENED - BUT ORGANICS BROUGHT US BACK TOGETHER

Weingut Schabl

Königsbrunn - Wagram - Austria

Elena

This almost never happened! When I was 18, during a winery internship, I met a New Zealander. We fell in love, and I followed him halfway around the world. I thought I’d spend my life making Sauvignon Blanc! Luckily, life had other plans and back home I studied agricultural economics and met Paul. Organics brought us together: I shared my passion for organic farming, he caught the spark, and the rest is history.


Paul

This all almost never happened! I grew up on the winery but my interests were completely different. I kind of escaped, studied economics, travelled. Then in Montreal, my host mom said, ‘Don't you see how cool it is to own a winery?’ I laughed… but the seed was planted. Back home, my perspective on the vineyards had changed and I finally met Elena. 


Organic: Between science and intuition 

Elena once wanted to go woofing on a biodynamic farm in the UK. Paul called it hocus pocus — and it led to our only real fight. Years later, Paul secretly joined a Demeter basics course — and Elena couldn’t stop laughing when she found out. But what he heard there made sense: observation, timing, and respect for life. Today, our winery stands between organics and biodynamics — grounded in both science and intuition. 


We work hard in the vineyard so we don’t have to in the cellar. 

We follow a minimalist approach and avoid 44 of the enological additives and processing aids permitted in Austria.


We craft fine wines with a sense of origin — honest, pure, and clear. Funk is welcome — faults are not. We focus on Roter Veltliner and Grüner Veltliner, the main varieties from Wagram.


Slow Food Presidio
Roter Veltliner Donauterrassen

We are a cooperative of like-minded winemakers devoted to Roter Veltliner, a rare, historic variety honored by Slow Food’s Presidio as a cultural treasure. We share knowledge, exchange ideas, and work together on selecting and propagating the best clones — including research into its possible roots that could link the Wagram to the early origins of wine.