Why it matters
The producer
Berthold and Eva Haider farm 12 hectares in the Seewinkel, the flat wetland strip on the eastern shore of Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland. The estate carries the prefix BioDyn in its name and the commitment behind it: every hectare is farmed under Demeter certification, the strictest biodynamic standard. In the cellar, sulfites are held back until bottling, and some wines are bottled without any added sulfites at all.
The wines carry English-language names, Delerius, Life Should Be About Fun, Definitely Today, What's Next, The Truth, Life is Beautiful, without grape variety or village on the front label. The names are the label architecture. What sits behind them is a biodynamic farming philosophy applied across the full 12 hectares, with the cellar work kept as light as the farming.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
The Seewinkel sits at the edge of Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland, Austria's main wine region in the east of the country. The lake itself moderates the local climate, and the flat, low-lying land around it is recognized as one of Austria's best areas for growing grapes. For the Haiders' 12 hectares, the Seewinkel's warmth and the lake's influence combine with Demeter-certified farming to set the character of the wines: the range runs from 10% to 12% ABV, a reflection of how the estate approaches ripeness and picking decisions across the vineyard.
Wines to know
The range in view
The six wines in the current range are Delerius (10% ABV, 2023), Life Should Be About Fun (11%, 2023), Definitely Today (11%, 2023), What's Next (11. 5%, 2024), The Truth (12%, 2023), and Life is Beautiful (12%, 2021). The alcohol arc from 10% to 12% runs across the range, with Life is Beautiful distinguished from the others by its older vintage date. What the range makes plain is the farming baseline: biodynamic across all 12 hectares, sulfites added only at bottling, some wines with none added. These are not winemaker-intervention wines. The cellar follows the vineyard.