Franz Weninger Jr. belongs to Austria's young and talented group of winemakers who constantly seek authentic terroir-specific wines made from indigenous varieties. He took over the family estate from his father in 2011 together with his wife Petra. The Weninger winery is unique in that it owns vineyards on both sides of the border (Austria - Hungary) in Horitschon, Neckenmarkt, Ritzing, Raiding and Balf. This allows Franz to introduce Burgenland as an undivided wine region (after World War One, Burgenland became part of Austria, while Sopron remained in Hungary). His curious and open-minded personality played a key role in converting the winery to Biodynamics and emphasising the indigenous variety Blaufränkisch / Kékfrankos.