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Today the next generation, brothers Werner, Hannes, and Lukas, runs the operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/meinklang-biodynamic-farming-on-a-grand-scale-in-burgenland\"\u003eMeinklang producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gruner-veltliner-meinklang-austria-natural-wine","title":"Meinklang Grüner Veltliner 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeinklang Grüner Veltliner is a biodynamic wine from Burgenland, Austria, near Lake Neusiedl in the National Park Neusiedlersee UNESCO World Heritage Site. The estate practices Demeter-certified biodynamic farming with integrated cattle providing natural fertilizer. The 100% Grüner Veltliner grapes grow in sandy loam and rocky topsoil. Winemaking involves spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine ages on its lees for four months, then is bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur addition. Alcohol content is 11 percent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meinklang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30871758012471,"sku":"MEINKLANG-GRUNERVELTLINER","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/gruner-veltliner-meinklang-austria-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784582748"},{"product_id":"prosa-pet-nat-meinklang-austria-natural-wine","title":"Meinklang Prosa Pet Nat 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeinklang Prosa Pet Nat is a natural sparkling rosé from Burgenland, Austria, produced by the biodynamic Meinklang estate. Made from a blend of Pinot Noir, Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch, and St. Laurent grapes grown on sandy loam and rocky topsoil. The wine undergoes spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts using the ancestral method (pétillant naturel). Hand-harvested grapes receive short skin maceration before natural bottle fermentation creates gentle effervescence. Certified organic and biodynamic by Demeter, unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfites at 10.5% alcohol.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meinklang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30885479612509,"sku":"MEINKLANG-PROSA","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/prosa-pet-nat-meinklang-austria-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784582756"},{"product_id":"nacht-pinot-noir-meinklang-natural-biodynamic-wine-austria","title":"Meinklang Nacht Edition #4 Cabernet Franc NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeinklang Nacht Edition #4 Cabernet Franc NV is a natural red wine produced by the Michlits family at their Demeter-certified biodynamic estate in Pamhagen, in the Neusiedlersee area of Burgenland, Austria. Made from 100% Cabernet Franc grown on sandy loam soils with basalt deposits in the Pannonian climate zone, it is vinified with spontaneous fermentation using indigenous yeasts, no fining or filtration, and minimal sulfite additions. Meinklang Nacht Edition #4 Cabernet Franc NV is part of the producer's experimental series\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meinklang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31702612803677,"sku":"MEINKLANG-NACHT","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/nacht-pinot-noir-meinklang-natural-biodynamic-wine-austria-deslop.png?v=1784582820"},{"product_id":"tag-gruner-veltliner-meinklang-biodynamic-natural-wine-austria","title":"Meinklang Tag Edition #2 Grüner Veltliner NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeinklang Tag Edition #2 NV is a skin-contact orange wine made from 100% Grüner Veltliner, grown on sandy loam soils in the Neusiedlersee area of Burgenland, Austria. Hand-harvested from mature vines on the Michlits family's Demeter-certified biodynamic estate, the grapes undergo full carbonic maceration for approximately two weeks, followed by spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts and over nine months of aging in a 900-liter handmade concrete egg. Meinklang Tag Edition #2 NV is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without added sulfites. The wine is part of a four-edition series, each edition evoking a different time of day. 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