Winery
The family's motto rings truer today than ever. Continuing centuries of tradition, the new generation – Lisa – is now dedicated heart and soul to winegrowing. Lisa has been an integral part of the family business for ten years and officially took it over from her parents Angelika and Gerhard Pfneisl in 2024.
In 2015, Lisa founded her first own wine line, "Offspring by Pfneisl". The name stands for "the offspring, the new generation and its new wine". With its striking and stylish bottle design, the wine caused quite a stir – but not only on the outside: inside the bottle, too, Lisa was able to give free rein to her ideas and made a successful debut. At the same time as establishing this brand, one of her first projects was the "Nachhaltig Austria" certification. Since the 2015 vintage, all wines have carried the sustainability certificate (more under "Philosophy").
Three years later, Lisa was delighted to receive her first major award, the "Newcomer of the Year" title (Goldene Traube). In 2021 came the next success, when Lisa won bronze in the gourmet magazine Falstaff's vote for "most popular young winemaker".
With the utmost attention to quality, the grapes are selected by hand and vinified by Gerhard Pfneisl and his daughter Lisa. The range includes fruit-driven wines classically aged in stainless steel tanks, single-vineyard wines and premium cuvées that mature for up to 36 months in barriques or large oak barrels.
Most of the 23 hectares of vineyards are cultivated in the home municipality of Deutschkreutz. Protected by three ranges of hills and open towards nearby Lake Neusiedl, Deutschkreutz is clearly shaped by the lake's influence. The individual sites have different soil profiles, which makes it possible to grow a wide variety of grape varieties at the highest level. The most important sites include the "Altes Weingebirge" with its single vineyards "Mitterberg", "Hochbaum", "Satz", "Höblisch" and "Neuberg", as well as the larger sites "Kart", "Weisses Kreuz" and "Girm-Kirchberg". The oldest vines in the Deutschkreutz vineyards date back to 1957. In 1999, an old site in Kleinmutschen, 18 kilometres to the south – the geographical centre of Burgenland – was revitalised, redrawing the borders of Blaufränkischland. This exclusive site, called Hexenberg, with heavy clay soil and a warm gravel layer, is characterised by somewhat greater differences between day and night temperatures.
Alongside Austria's flagship variety Blaufränkisch, old grape varieties such as Cabernet Franc and Gelber Muskateller, and above all international varieties, are the family's great passion. First and foremost Shiraz, where the family already played a pioneering role in Austria in the 1990s and produces remarkable quality year after year with "Maria's Vineyard". In 2000, Viognier vines followed as the white counterpart to Shiraz. In keeping with the region, however, the focus is on red wine, with Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir as well as Zweigelt and St. Laurent also being very important varieties for the winery. A still rosé, a sparkling rosé and the top cuvées Platinum, Pentagon, Hexenberg and Ego round off the range.
Histamine-free and low-histamine wines as well as the project wines of the "Offspring by Pfneisl" series are a wonderful addition to the established, award-winning range.
After the extensive renovation of the family home in the centre of the Blaufränkisch municipality of Deutschkreutz (Karrnergasse 30-32) in 2017 and 2018, our doors are open to wine lovers for tastings and purchases.
