Polz winery

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Polz winery

The Polz winery in Spielfeld is an Austrian winery in the southern Styria wine-growing region .

The Polz winery has existed since 1912. Erich and Walter Polz have managed it since the late 1980s. The Polz brothers were leaders in the Austrian “wine revolution” at the time, which switched from sweet wines and mass production to dry quality products.

The vineyard area is 70 hectares (as of 2017) and 90 percent of it is planted with white grape varieties, mainly Welschriesling , Sauvignon Blanc , Gelber Muskateller and Morillon . The most famous wines are the Sauvignon Blanc and Morillon from the positions Hochgrassnitzberg , Theresienhöhe and Obegg . The annual production reaches 500,000 bottles. The winery, with its subsidiaries such as the Tscheppe am Pößnitzberg winery and the episcopal Schloss Seggau winery, is one of the largest wine producers in Austria. The Miro Vino winery in Jeruzalem , Slovenia is also operated. The Polz winery is a member of the Styrian terroir and classic wineries .

literature

  • Klaus Egle: The Austrian wine. The big manual . 1st edition. Pichler Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-85431-403-5 .
  • Vinaria. Wine Guide 2011/12. The 3500 best Austrian wines . 1st edition. Edition LWmedia, 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502275-3-6 , pp. 460 .

Web links

Commons : Weingut Polz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hugh Johnson : The Great Johnson. The encyclopedia of wines. Hallwag, Bern 1999, ISBN 3-444-10590-8 , p. 448.
  2. ^ Peter Moser: Falstaff. Wine Guide 2008/2009. Austria. South Tyrol . Falstaff , Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-9502147-8-9 , p. 409 f.

Coordinates: 46 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 15 ° 37 ′ 20 ″  E