Claus Preisinger

Claus Preisinger is a talented young Austrian winemaker who has become an established name in the biodynamic/natural wine scene. At the Neusiedlersee, near Gols, his father cultivated almost 3 hectares of orchards, as a hobby. After helping his father in the orchards for years and gaining experience in California and with neighbor Hans Nittnaus, he took over his father's orchards in 2000. Claus has since managed to expand these to 17 hectares. On a soil consisting predominantly of fossil limestone and calcareous sandstone , he cultivates mainly local (and personal favorite) Blaufränkisch, together with St. Laurent, Zweigelt, Pinot Noir, Weissburgunder, Grüner Veltliner and Welschriesling.
Gols is located on the eastern side of the Neusiedlersee in the so-called Seewinkel. This extends to the Hungarian border. Here it is scorching hot in the summer with red top wines as a result. They can compete worldwide. "My wines are a mirror image of nature. I do not intervene artificially in the vineyard or in the cellar. Even if I can improve the result by doing so, I still accept what nature gives of itself instead of intervening and manipulating." According to Claus Preisinger.

Claus is also co-founder of Pannobile (2004), a Burgenland collective of 9 winegrowers (including Nittnaus and Pittnauer) who have been cultivating their vineyards strictly biodynamically since 1994 and making natural wine in their wine cellar. Nothing out, nothing in.

Claus' wines are pure and let the terroir resonate beautifully. In every wine from his gigantic range you can taste typicity, origin, and the cheerful but precise hand of the maker.