"Live joy" with Birgit's Austrian wines

Birgit Braunstein Winery_

Due to the 400 year history of my winery and the careful focus on cosmic constellations result in terroir wines that pass on their liveliness to the wine connoisseur - that is, very clearly defined wines, mineral, delicate, elegant with a large storage potential.

Wine as a mediator of joy and enjoyment

Great wines - terroir wines are not a fashion trend, they are not reinvented - on the contrary, they are lived. I am working on this lifelong dream with great joy and commitment.

The Leitha Mountains behind Purbach, where slate, shell limestone and crystalline quartz are the perfect basis for great wines and the Neusiedler See with its unique microclimate give the wine a special maturity and the terroir specific minerality and naturalness. The fresh, cool night air on the slopes of the Leithagebirge ensures fruitiness, finesse and liveliness of my wines.

My vines, my wines, yes the entire winery (from the cellar to the desk) are embedded in a network of relationships - woven from healthy, lively, lustful relationships between the forces of nature (earth, water, air, fire: sun and light) and the People who work with them.

The respectful treatment of people and nature has always played a central role in my winery. As a winemaker, I am a farmer and thus a landscape conservationist - I live with and from nature and therefore I see myself even more mandated to take care of them. Careful and conscious use of resources is essential for us and our environment.

The switch to biodynamic production has therefore brought me inner peace. I feel happy and deeply satisfied when I see my vineyards shining with health and vitality, when I find this vitality in my wine, when my wines convey pleasure and joy, when I notice that my family, employees, customers and wine friends are in good shape balanced relationship to each other, that I maintain the legacy sustainably and generation-conscious

My acreage is 22 hectares, the focus is on terroir-specific wines, with the main varieties Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt and Pinot Noir for the red wines and Pinot Blanc and Chardonnay for the white wines. Together with my employees we try to bring this unique variety of the Leithaberges into the wines. I am particularly pleased with the worldwide recognition of my wines, which I can personally receive at many tastings, as well as the excellent ratings from national and international wine journals.

It is also very important to me to expand boundaries, to question previous principles and methods and to break new ground. With the Sauvignon Blanc Nimue, Pinot Blanc BRIGID and the amphora wines MAGNA MATER, I have created old methods and modern insights into an unmistakable new style of vinification and brought it to success. It confirms to me that this irrepressible desire for quality and openness to new things are my recipe for success for a new generation of wines. Joining the international biodynamic association: La Renaissance des Appellations and the associated holistic view of the winery is the logical consequence of all these efforts.

My motto "live joy"

Birgit Braunstein

We will taste 6 wines from Birgit Braunstein

Welschriesling, Burgenland 2017

Chardonnay Felsenstein, Burgenland 2019

Rosé, Burgenland 2019

Pinot Vom Sonnenberg, Burgenland  – (Certified Biodynamic) 2018

Blaufränkisch Heide, Burgenland  – (Certified Biodynamic) 2018

Wildwux, Burgenland  – (Certified Biodynamic) 2016

Price:80 £ with wines registration on the website (100£ for EU now, due to Brexit, so please register online and then send us the additional 20£ on our bank account direct)

Deadline to order wines UK Delivery : Tuesday 2nd of March during lunch time

Deadline to order wines EU Delivery: Tuesday 23rd of February during lunch time

To join without wines: 10£ to transfer to our account

Account

The London Women and Wine Club

Natwest

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Account: 31022634

Reference: Birgit