Martin Diwald

The Climb

Today, Martin is winemaker of Bioweingut Martin Diwald. It is a role that suggests continuity as much as authorship: a daily practice of shaping wines while staying close to the land that gives them form. The title alone carries the weight of responsibility, but also the intimacy of working within a family identity and a farming philosophy that is visibly central to the estate’s character.

Today

As winemaker, he works with Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, two grapes that sit comfortably at the heart of his cellar, while also making space for less common varieties. That balance—between the familiar and the less frequently seen—gives his work its contours. “We like Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. But we also like rare grape varieties, such as Frühroter Veltliner, and we love cool, refreshing red wines.” The statement reads less like a slogan than a small window into a cellar attitude: attentive, open-minded, and willing to let different grapes express their own character rather than forcing them into a single mold. The mention of Frühroter Veltliner adds another layer of interest, underscoring a willingness to keep lesser-known varieties in the conversation. Meanwhile, the emphasis on cool, refreshing red wines signals a style that favors freshness and ease over heaviness, a thread that runs cleanly through the overall picture of his winemaking. In this sense, Martin’s work seems guided by clarity—of flavor, of purpose, of restraint.

Signature

Martin's signature wines include Zweigelt Eloquent, Luft & Liebe, Vom Loss, Grüner Veltliner Goldberg, and Sankt Laurent of Austria. Taken together, these names sketch a portfolio that bridges the recognizable and the distinctive, with the estate’s stylistic identity carried across both white and red expressions. Each wine name sits as a marker of his range, and as part of a broader picture of a winemaker attentive to nuance rather than noise.

In Their Words “We like Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. But we also like rare grape varieties, such as Frühroter Veltliner, and we love cool, refreshing red wines.” “Our close relationship with nature allows us to interfere as little as possible in the cellar.”