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NATURAL WINES BY JOISEPH
Joiseph was started in 2015 by three friends, viticulturist Richard Artner, Xandl Kagl and winemaker Luka Zeichmann, in Jois at the foot of the Leithaberg, looking over Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland. They began with about one hectare, three pairs of vine shears and some rubber boots, with no cellar or tractor. Today they work a handful of hectares on limestone and slate, dry-farmed and picked by hand, with fruit trees planted between the vines.
Fermentations are spontaneous and sulphur is kept to a small dose. Piroska (Zweigelt, Spätburgunder, Blaufränkisch) and the Mischkultur field blend (Grüner Veltliner, Welschriesling, Neuburger, Traminer, Muskateller) are the easy, great-value bottles. BFF is Blaufränkisch from the Neuberg vineyard, partly whole bunch, and BF Schieferberg is their single-vineyard version. Fogosch, named after the zander in the lake, is Grüner Veltliner with a day on the skins and time in old oak. There is even a cider.
