Our Winery In Real Time
Dear friends of premium taste,
In our blog we show you what we are up to. Information concerning events, stories covering our wines and short travel reports, will be posted here as often as possible.
Have a look around!
Markus
We are looking for a helping hand to join our team during harvest 2021!
For our young and adventurous team, we are temporary looking for dedicated and studious people, who want to burn off energy during harvest 2021.
JOIS 2007 - Late Release - about an intentionally forgotten wine
Time passed by and the curiosity grew: what happens if I let the wine in the barrel for one more year and another one and another one and all of the sudden 15 years passed by.
A new wine: Flieger – a single vineyard wine, which does not want one to be
The Flieger is a new wine for us , because the vineyards are new for us. New and old at the same time: The vines were planted decades ago into the pure schist rock and we onlg got the chance work with them since two years.
Neu(burger)auspflanzung – about the new Neuburger
After a break of planting in 2021 we started a new vineyard project this year. Besides the Blaufränkisch on its favourite place, the Gritschenberg, we also chose to plant an often-underestimated grape variety which has a high standing at the winery: Neuburger.
Markus Altenburger White 2021 – About the Pannonian diversity
“Actually, I always wanted to do just one wine.” That was the goal which was missed the most at the winery Markus Altenburger. That is due to the for Burgenland typical big grape variety and the various terroir types in Jois. However, we cannot completely tell us to be free of guilt.
Chardonnay vom Kalk – about saltiness and freshness
Our most famous white wine, who is extremely popular with our customers because of the great price-performance ratio, did not only change in the design. The symbol on the label comes from the depot of white wine which we pressed on paper, like we did for all our new labels.
Jungenberg Chardonnay 2019 – über zeitlose Schönheiten
The Jungenberg is a timeless beauty, who tolerates ripeness but doesn’t need it. And as if the name is program, you get the feeling that the people who deal with it or also drink it stay forever young.
JOISER REBEN weiß – about overdoing it
The Joiser Reben weiss are back. What if you overdo it sometimes? Just out of fun, consciously!
Markus Altenburger weiß PRICKELND - pearls with no regrets
We are making a mess instead of adulterate wine.
Jungenberg 2018: About our paradise garden
Just as there are glasses and wine glasses, there are also vineyards and our paradise garden.
Blank – About a blank sheet of paper
Cremant, Pétillant, méthode ancestrale, brut, perlage, dosage... when it is about sparkling wines, the used language is always French. There is even a French word that describes the opening of a Champagne with a sabre (everybody should try this once; it feels pretty cool) – “sabering”. Are you kidding me?
Zalto Universal: About a wine glass, which fits perfectly to us
Clothes make the man is the common quote. And a good glass makes a good wine a little bit better.
Coffee „Weingut Altenburger-Roasting #1“ : About our second most liked drink
After a wine tasting or a long night there is nothing better than a good coffee.
Harvest 2021: About grapes, grapes, grapes...
The time during harvest always flies by pretty fast and so it comes that is already history.
Neuburger harvest 2021 - about grape stomping
Take an insight into our Neuburger harvest 2021. The video is only available in German, but anyhow pictures say more than 1.000 words 🙂
The first white wines of 2020 are bottled!
It´s time! The previous vintage of our white wines is sold out for quite some time and the wines of the new vintage are showing their best performance right now.
Markus Altenburger rot - About the closing of circles
“Those grapes were heroes” With this quote there was a new title born for a new wine, which you can still find on the back label auf the “Markus Altenburger red Leithaberg DAC”.
Gritschenberg 2017 – about grandma´s hamster stories
The current vintage 2017 of our Blaufränkisch Gritschenberg is our personal darling, a milestone in our red wine vinification and one of those vintages people will still talk about in years.
Blaufränkisch “vom Kalk” 2019 is here – About the Blaufränkisch new clothes
It is always exciting when a new vintage of a wine is released to the market, both for the winemaker and the customers.
Harvest 2020 - about the highlight of the year - part 2
We are looking back at the vintage with the comfy feeling to have made the best out of it. and we know that the hard work paid off and was definitely neccessary.
Harvest 2020 - about the highlight of the year - part1/2
The long waiting comes to an end – harvest 2020 started today!
Wilde Karotte Welschriesling - About the wine of Katrin Lautner
In this blog entry we won´t just present you the wine, but also one of our valuable employee
Our RoSée Connection – about a special connection
In summer 2012 we decided: We will make ONE Rosé! One that has never existed before, one that is perfect pairing with dishes, one that is long-lasting but also fresh and suitable for all occasions. Of course this didn`t work out.
Tasty Friday Afternoon at 2nd June - "Hot, at last..."
At last its getting warm and hot again and summer is coming. In our vineyards the greening sprouts already, and the blossoming will start soon. Tension is rising! With our wines we are already prepared best for high temperatures. The 2016 RoSées a...
Finally - the Leithaberg arrived!
Dear friends of the good taste, long expected, now he arrived and is available at once: Blaufränkisch Leithaberg DAC 2015. We had to endure a especially long time of waiting, as there was due to a severe hailstorm no 2014 vintage. [caption id="...
Tasty Friday Afternoon on 5th May 2017 - "blossoms everywhere"
"Blossoms everywhere" that is our motto next "Tasty Friday Afternoon". Cherry blossom might be over, but the whole of Burgenland is covered in colour and invites to strolls along Leithagebirge or to linger at Lake Neusiedl. We invite You to come a...
Here it is! Jungenberg Chardonnay 2015
Here it is! The new vintage of our Jungenberg 2015 arrived. It is already our 10th vintage of this wine and therefore it is our longest serving wine, of our young winery.READ MORE
Late Frost 2017
The week after Easter, in a one time initiative, all vintners of Jois distributed 500 big straw bales in the vineyards. These where lighted during the night from 20th to 21st April. The dense smoke protected the fresh shoots from the night frost. ...
Our 2016 wines arrived! ...at least some...
Waiting ends! Jerry & Barry 2016,