Feiler-Artinger

In 1936 Karoline and Gustav Feiler bought the beautiful baroque house on Hauptstrasse 3 in the center of the picturesque old wine town Rust. The second generation was represented by Hans and Inge Feiler and Gertrude Artinger (the sister of Hans). Therefore the winery became its double name “Feiler-Artinger”. Today Katrin and Kurt Feiler (son of Hans and Inge) are running the business of 29 hectars of vineyards.

The picturesque „free town“ Rust is located on the west bench of lake Neusiedler See. The village is surrounded by a chain of hills, the so called “Ruster Hügelland”. On the south-east facing slopes of these hills the vineyards have great soils and a unique micro climate. In 8 of 10 years the so called noble rot “botrytis cinerea” occurs and attacks the ripe grapes. These shrivel and the sugar and acidity is concentrated. Rust is therefore famous for its “Ruster Trilogie” - top dry white wines, outstanding red wines and world class sweet wines with the “Ruster Ausbruch” on top. In 1681 8 wine producers paid 60.000 golden guilders and 500 buckets (each 20 litres) of “Ruster Ausbruch” to the emperor Leopold I. to get for their town the right to be a “free town”.

Here in Rust, fauna and flora are still very healthy“, Hans Feiler is telling about the beauty of the region he is living in. Great wines only grow in a healthy environment and on healthy soils. Respect of nature was therefore always one of the guidelines of our work (both in vineyards and in the winery). But since 2008 we do even more. We treat our vineyards according to biodynamic standards. Instead of chemical insecticides we spray teas of nettle, camomile and others and the biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 to prevent our vines of fungal diseases. The soils in the vineyards are planted with a great number of flowering herbs, wheat and flowers. Furthermore we make our own compost to raise the content of humus in the soil. This also helps the vines to self prevent themselves.

The vinification of great wines with depth, structure and elegance is the goal of the winemaker Kurt Feiler: "My wines are a symbiosis of the soil, the climate and men.“