Freigut Thallern

Freigut Thallern near Gumpoldskirchen is a winery with a history going back to 1141 – with a regional vinotheque, a hotel and a monastery inn on one site. Around 30 hectares of vineyards in Gumpoldskirchen and Pfaffstätten belong to it.

From monastery winery to family business

Margrave Leopold IV. gave the estate to the Cistercians in the 12th century, and for almost 870 years it belonged to Heiligenkreuz Abbey. In 2009 it passed to three winegrowers, and since 2017 it has been owned by the Polz family; today their son Erich Polz runs the business.

• In the glass: about 60 per cent white and 40 per cent red wine, plus a little winegrower's sparkling wine
• Varieties: a focus on Rotgipfler and Zierfandler, and among the reds St. Laurent and Pinot Noir
• Sites: including „Wiege“, „Ronald“, „Alte Riede“ and „Student“
• In the vineyard: farmed close to nature; the areas are gradually being converted to organic methods

The regional vinotheque in the old press house

Since 2011 the regional vinotheque of the Thermenregion has been housed in the former press house. It stocks over 200 wines from around 40 wineries in the region, and you can taste more than 30 of them by the glass. Every two months there is a Winegrower of the Month. It is open daily, a little longer in the evening in the summer half of the year; wines are also available in the online shop.

Staying, celebrating, eating

• Hotel: The old storehouse is now a vineyard hotel.
• Schlaffassdorf: Sleeping in barrel pods in the middle of the vineyard, rented out by Peter Rohm.
• Seminars, weddings and celebrations take place in the rooms of the Freigut.
• Klostergasthaus Thallern: right next door, cooking mainly with regional ingredients.

It is around five minutes on foot from the S-Bahn station „Guntramsdorf Süd – Thallern“.

Automatically translated from German.