Paul Achs winery

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Paul Achs as Falstaff winner, 2006

The Paul Achs winery in Gols is an Austrian winery in the Neusiedlersee wine-growing region in Burgenland .

history

Paul Achs graduated from the Eisenstadt School of Viticulture and then worked in a Californian winery. According to his own statements, this internship had a lasting impact on the winemaker's further career. Paul Achs radically changed the line of his parents' winery, which previously focused heavily on white and sweet wines, in the early 1990s; the best locations were now mainly planted with Blaufränkisch. In 1991 Paul Achs took over the management of the winery. The company has been certified as a biodynamic winery since 2006 .

The winery

The vineyard area is 26 hectares (as of 2015), 80 percent of which are planted with red grape varieties, mainly Blaufränkisch , Zweigelt and Pinot Noir . The most famous wines are the Cuvée Pannobile and the Blaufränkisch from the Ungerberg , Spiegel and Altenberg sites . Paul Achs is considered a top Blaufränkisch specialist; According to Vinaria , his Blaufränkisch from the Altenberg, Spiegelberg and Ungerberg sites are among the highest-ranking representatives of Austrian varieties.

The winery is a member of the Renowned Wineries Burgenland (RWB) and the Pannobile group . It is a multiple winner of the Falstaff Red Wine Prize.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Johann Werfring: Paul Achs is Falstaff winner . In: Wiener Zeitung , January 2, 2007, supplement “Wiener Journal 02/2007”, p. 44.
  2. ^ Peter Moser: Falstaff. Wine Guide 2008/2009. Austria. South Tyrol . Falstaff, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502147-8-9 , p. 467 f.
  3. ↑ Vinaria. Wine Guide 2011/12. The 3500 best Austrian wines . Edition LWmedia, Krems 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502275-3-6 , p. 298.
  4. ↑ Renowned wineries Burgenland (RWB)
  5. ^ Pannobile
  6. ↑ recognition

Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 8 ″  N , 16 ° 54 ′ 44 ″  E