ZANTHO

ZANTHO is one of the most popular wineries in Austria and stands for elegant and authentic wines made from indigenous grape varieties in the Seewinkel area in Burgenland. Founded in 2002, as a joint-venture between renowned winemakers Josef Umathum and Domaine Andau, the winery works today on 70 hectares of vineyards in and around the village of Andau. Zweigelt, Sankt Laurent, Blaufränkisch, and Grüner Veltliner are the main grape varieties planted, and the focus lies on increased biodiversity in the vineyards. The winery is in conversion to certified organic farming.

The landscape around Andau is wide and flat and is covered by a bed of iron-rich gravels that give together with the hot and dry climate in the region perfect conditions for wine production of high-quality wines. The Pannonian lizard covers the labels and stands for the sustainable farming of the winery as most of the vineyards can be found in and round a national park reserve where this protected lizard species can be found. Zantho, the name of the wines, refers to the first historic mentioning of the village Andau in Hungarian dialect from 1487. Today the winery offers a full assortment of fine red, white, sweet, and sparkling wines which are exported into 35 countries worldwide. All the wines are closed with the exclusive Vino-Lok® glass stoppers. The winery is ISO-certified and its wines are regularly awarded for their high quality. The winery is holder of the Decanter World Wine Platinum Award for its sweet wines.