Salomon Undhof

Salomon Undhof is a mute witness to history. The Capucine Monks, predecessors to the Salomon family at the winery until 1792, had selected the very best vineyard sites, which have been passed down from generation to generation of Salomons. Here the first Estate bottling on record in the greater Wachau area took place in 1932 by Fritz Salomon, Bert´s father. These first wines were already exported to the USA in the late 1930´s. Today Dr. Bertold and Gertrud Salomon represent the seventh generation of the Salomon wine-making tradition. They are already helped by their kids.

Bert Salomon is carrying on the tradion of his father Fritz, who was the pioneer of austrian dry white wine.  With his great winemaking experience and respect for the environment Bert produces wines with finesse and perfect mineral balance which reflect the very special micro climate of this lovely river valley.

Gertrud Salomon works alongside her husband as his congenial partner in marketing and sales. After more than fifteen years working in the management of L´Oréal, she has thrown all her professional passion into the world of her husband’s wines.
Bert and Gertrud bridge the old and the new wine world with Salomon Estate in Finniss River Australia.  

Here in Stein/Donau, where the winegrowing areas Kremstal and Wachau are interlocked, the soil  offers a fascinating array of  pimary rock terroirs (Urgestein) such as gneiss, granite and schist as well as partly loess. Ideal climate: The winters are cold and the summers are warm, there are sharp temperature differences between day and night. Sunshine is plentiful and rain is scarce, creating the ideal conditions for grape growing in this lovely river valley.

The symbiosis of ancient stone soils and loess with the Danube-influenced microclimate and old vineyard terraces yields the optimal growth conditions for aromatic, elegant white wines. These excellenet sites are defined over hundreds of years through meagre soil and steep south facing stone terraces. All of the top vineyard sites of the domaine are included in the vineyard classification of the Danube region with the designation of Erste Lage ÖTW.