SUMMARY SHEET

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT OURSELVES

- Agriculture and wine growing for three generations

- 1979 Concentrating on the growing of quality wines. Specialising on top quality whites and rare premium qualities.

- 1980 first Eiswein harvest

- 1987 formal takeover of the business by Melanie and Friedrich Rieder

- from 1980 buiding up the WEINRIEDER brandname

- We cultivate 15 hectares of prime sites and best loam soil: Birthal, Hohenleiten, Kugler, Schneiderberg, Bockgärten vineyards

- Philosophy: 1. ecologically sound cultivation

2. Strictest limiting of yields

3. Absolutely no addition of sugar Cool fermentation at a max. 20º C

- Bottling at the beginning of April

80% dry in 0.75l

20% premium sweet in 0.375ll

- Distribution: approx. 20% within Austria to private clients and top level restaurants

Approx. 80% export to the wine trade in D, NL, CH, B, NO, USA, S,…

- Awards:

- VINUM- exceptional

- SAVOIR VIVRE – a leap into the top class

- WEINWIRTSCHAFT – international class

- THE BEVERAGE TESTING INSTITUTE, Chicag, Illinois, USA – 98points = superlative

- WINEGROWERS OF THE YEAR – Falstaff

- AUSTRIA’S BEST ESTATES – A la carte

- THE BEST ESTATES IN THE WORLD – Alles über Wein

- 5x WINNER OF GRAND PRIX – Hamburger Weinsalon

- COLLECTION OF THE YEAR – Hamburger Weinsalon

- WINE OF THE YEAR – Hamburger Weinsalon

- The people behind the WEINRIEDER brand

The founders: Theresia and Franz Rieder, until 1987

At present: Melanie Rieder (born 7.4.1963)

Friedrich Rieder (born 5.3.1958)

The future: Bernhard Rieder (born 1.8.1986)

Patrick and Lukas Rieder (born 13.11.1989)