Viennese organic winery with Heuriger tavern: biodynamic Demeter wines from Vienna's wine-growing zones
Weinbau Zahel-Portz e.U.
Vienna (AT)New on Amplifa
About the Winery
The Viennese winery Zahel cultivates vineyards in Vienna's wine-growing zones, such as the Großlage Maurerberg (vineyard sites Kroissberg and Sätzen) as well as the Großlage Laaerberg (vineyard site Goldberg in Oberlaa). It produces organic and Demeter wines according to biodynamic guidelines, including Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC, Grüner Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc, Gelber Muskateller, Orangetraube, St. Laurent, Pinot Noir and Blaufränkisch, as well as cuvées such as Antares Grande Reserve. The grapes are harvested by hand and fermented partly spontaneously in stainless steel tanks, partly in wooden barrels, clay amphorae (Tava) or as natural wines with minimal intervention. In addition to wine production, the family-owned business operates a traditional Heuriger tavern with Viennese cuisine and an online shop with wine shipping to Austria and Germany. In 2024, 9.035 kg of CO2 were saved through the handover of waste cooking fat to Münzer Bioindustrie.
- Site
- Vienna
- Processes
- Heuriger tavern with Viennese cuisine, Online shop wine shipping, Shipping in 3-bottle increments, Free delivery from € 99 in Austria
- Materials
- Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC, St. Laurent, Pinot Noir, Blaufränkisch, Orangetraube, Amphora Aging (Tava, 320 l)
- Certificates
- Demeter (biodynamic), Organic / organic farming (EU organic), EU organic / organic farming
- Industries
- Viticulture, Gastronomy (Heuriger tavern), Direct marketing
- 01
Viticulture (biodynamic)
- 02
Hand harvest
- 03
Maceration/pressing
- 04
Spontaneous fermentation
- 05
Aging (stainless steel tank, wooden barrel, amphora)
- 06
Bottling
- 07
Direct marketing (Heuriger tavern, online shop)
Grape Varieties & Wine Production
Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC
Viennese specialty made from several grape varieties, partly from vines more than 60 years old in Oberlaa.
St. Laurent
The winery's main red wine variety, aged for 12 months in a 500l Stockinger barrel.
Pinot Noir
Burgundy clones from the Sätzen vineyard site on Maurerberg, spontaneous mash fermentation in open wooden barrels.
Blaufränkisch
From old vines of the Goldberg vineyard site on Quaternary Ice Age gravel, aged in oak barrels.
Orangetraube
Rare variety, planted varietally since 1966; one of the few wineries that still vinify it.
Amphora Aging (Tava, 320 l)
Natural wines with 8–12 months of fine lees aging in the clay amphora.
Locations
Vienna
ATWinery with Heuriger tavern
- Materials
- White and red wines, rosé, sparkling wines
Wines
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Certification
The wines are produced according to biodynamic Demeter guidelines as well as organic farming (EU organic).
| Evidence | Vienna |
|---|---|
| Demeter (biodynamic) | |
| EU organic / organic farming |
History
- 1966
Karl Georg Zahel selected the Orangetraube and replanted a varietal vineyard; since then one of the last wineries to still produce this grape variety.
- 1999
First production of the red wine cuvée Antares Grande Reserve.
- 2024
Handover of 2.949 kg of waste cooking fat to Münzer Bioindustrie GmbH, saving 9.035 kg of CO2 (certificate February 2025).