The wines of Hochriegl

Hochriegl is a Sekt house from Vienna that has been making sparkling wines for almost 150 years, ranking among Austria's finest. In the nineteenth century, the house was purveyor to the Imperial Viennese court. To this day it is one of Austria's largest and best Sekt houses.

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Hochriegl has been making quality sparkling wines in Vienna for more than a hundred years. Johan Kattus founded the Sekt house in 1875. Kattus was a particularly well-traveled entrepreneur with a great love of luxury products. To make top-quality Champagne-style wines, he collaborated with major French wine houses, and the French methods are still copied to this day. Kattus quickly became successful and purveyor to the Austrian imperial court. His daughter designed the label for the bottles, which has barely changed since.

His Champagne-style wine was only one of the luxury products Kattus sold. You could also buy coffee and tea, citrus fruits and - above all - caviar from him. Kattus started a business on the shores of the Caspian Sea, and by the end of the nineteenth century he was the largest caviar trader in the world.

The company survived two world wars. Hochriegl still accounts for about 10% of the sparkling wine market in Austria. The grapes come mainly from the Weinviertel. The wine is made in Vienna.

In 2009, the centuries-old Sekt house was taken over by another producer of quality sparkling wines: Schlumberger. The new owners wish to continue the successful history and keep the name Hochriegl synonymous with high-quality sparkling wine for the next 150 years too. We currently have one wine from Hochriegl in our range. You can view all our wines from Hochriegl here.