Lighter bottles since 2022
In 2022 we switched from 550 g to 410 g per bottle. That is the lightest standard bottle that still looks like wine. Less glass means less energy in production, less weight in transport, less material in disposal. Per year that is several tonnes of glass we don't produce and don't move.
Photovoltaics at four sites
Together 121 kW of photovoltaics and 75 kW of storage, spread across our buildings in Teesdorf:
- Press house, Badnerstraße 3: 60 kW photovoltaics, 50 kW storage
- Wine store, Hauptstraße 8: 25 kW photovoltaics, 25 kW storage
- Heuriger and wine shop, Wiener Neustädter Straße 75: 30 kW photovoltaics
- Barrique store, storage cellar and office, Badnerstraße 2: 6 kW photovoltaics
The electricity comes during the day, which is exactly when the cooling in the cellar is running. The batteries carry it into the evening.
Bottles and boxes returned
We take back empty bottles and boxes. There is no deposit or discount for it. The box is reused until it can't go on, usually three or four rounds. It only works in the region and for collection in person, but there it saves a few hundred boxes every year.
No carbon offsetting
We don't buy certificates. What we do, we do concretely. What we can't change, we don't dress up.
We do not dress up what we cannot change.