Kolfok Winery
Roughly translated, Kolfok means “unconventional thinker,” which Stefan D. Wellanschitz, the winemaker behind Kolfok, is. He took a traditional winery that was established during the 19th century in Neckenmarkt, Austria, and transformed it, making the grapes organically farmed with biodynamic practices and taking a more hands-off approach in the wine cellar.
In his wine, he hopes to highlight the Mittelburgenland terrior, with its unique range of soils, which span from schist and gneiss to limestone in the higher altitudes, and in the lower vineyards from ferrous loam to volcanic clay. Through his hands-off approach, he creates authentic wines, describing his process as purely an “observer” who provides the wines “all the freedom they need.”
