Red Wine Estate MORITZ

History

Wine-growing in Burgenland started during the Celtic era. A climax of wine-growing was reached during the roman period, when the Burgenland was part of the Roman Empire (Pannonien). After some back-strokes during the migration of nations (Völkerwanderung) in the 14th century a new flowering period began. The Turk Wars (Türkenkriege) in the 16th and 17th century again had a bad influence in our wine-growing. After a short prospering period the vine-louse destroyed all the wineyards in Horitschon. At the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century the triumphant march of our main grape, the Blaufraenkisch-vine, started.

In the "wine family" Moritz wine-growing started in 1960. From about 12 acres in the 1980s, we reduced our wineyards to an area of about 6,2 acres to be able to concentrate on high quality wines. All our wineyards are situated in the best wine-regions of Horitschon.

Alfred Moritz, head of the Red Wine Estate Moritz since 2004.	Anton Moritz sen. founded at the beginning of the 1960s our family company and is still the head of wine-making in the wine-cellar.	Rosa Moritz, heart and soul of our house and still responsable for the work in our wineyards.