2020 Edmund

Ah Edmund, the transient cousin. Motivated by passionate outbursts that mirror a love for life, but somehow retains gentle and ready to listen. The charming relative who you want to feel like you live through, but not actually do the things they’ve done. A true field blend (everything that they grow) from 55 year old vines, skins for two weeks and rested for 18 months. Only seen every now and then…before he goes off travelling again… Gut Oggau came to life when Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe t...Read More...

Ah Edmund, the transient cousin. Motivated by passionate outbursts that mirror a love for life, but somehow retains gentle and ready to listen. The charming relative who you want to feel like you live through, but not actually do the things they’ve done. A true field blend (everything that they grow) from 55 year old vines, skins for two weeks and rested for 18 months. Only seen every now and then…before he goes off travelling again…

Gut Oggau came to life when Eduard and Stephanie Tscheppe took over an abandoned 17th century winery in the town of Oggau, Austria, and tirelessly restored it, including the 200 year old press that came with it. The neglect that had befallen the winery was bittersweet in some way as the dust was shaken off the bones of the buildings and land; they noticed that the chemical treatments used thirty years ago had washed away too. Biodynamics was the next necessary step for the couple. Once they were able to vinify, perhaps it was the ghosts of the winery past, spirits that had hidden in the walls and the fruit, but each wine came alive with it’s own personality. They say that natural wine feels “alive”, but the feeling was so encapsulating, they had to name the visions that came to them. Part of the joy of drinking Gut Oggau is the rich family history they’ve created, matching personalities and stories of people to wines shows how the pair have embraced the sense of community in drinking, but also there’s the guarantee you’re going to drink….well…gut. 

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