Franz Strohmeier is a visionary natural winemaker, working in the Steiermark part of Styria, known as the “Green Heart” of Austria. Franz is a very philosophical winemaker – who is never contented to make wine like the establishments around him – always making the decisions that expresses his terroir in the most natural way. He has some portion of his grapes growing wild, without pruning, that produce very small intensely flavored grapes. Since 2003 Franz and Christine have been cultivating the wines bio-dynamic methods.  They do not subscribe to any certified biodynamic organization, although many of his methods sound biodynamic to us. If a malady strikes a vine, he often prefers to not treat it. Instead, he prefers to forgo those vines, saying the vineyard as a whole gain in health from a little bit of sickness, showing how biodiversity is of chief concern.