Currently our wine cellar is managed by three generations of the Zöchling Family

Werner Zöchling – Senior Director

 Werner Zöchling graduated from the Higher College for Viniculture in Gumpoldskirchen, Lower Austria andsince then has worked in the family wine business for the past fifty years. His prime responsibility is land management and soil cultivation in our vineyards.

 

Hubert Zöchling – Director

In 1977, after three years of study, Hubert Zöchling graduated from the Higher Technical College for Viniculture in Gumpoldskirchen, Lower Austria. In 1982 he passed his viniculture and cellar master exams. After completing his national service, Hubert joined the family wine business. Towards the end of the 1990s he took over the management role and is now patron of our company.

 

Ing. Kathrin Kollenhofer – Junior Director

In 2008 Kathrin graduated from the Higher College for Oenology in Klosterneuburg, Austria after successfully completing her studies in viniculture and pomiculture. After graduation she joined the family wine business. In 2010 she obtained practical work experience in New Zealand where she worked for Rudi Bauer, an Austrian-born wine-maker who was named winegrower of the year in 1999 and 2010. Kathrin is particularly dedicated to managing the family wine cellar and to the production of our wines. In the year 2013 Kathrin married the Tattendorfer winemaker Johannes Kollenhofer.