LAHOFER Winery

A company with 430 hectares of its own vineyards and 800,000 bottles of appellation wines a year opened on 1st June 2020 a new, architecturally exceptional production, administration and presentation building, which marked a major milestone in its history.

The continuing tradition of our consistently high-quality wines, grapes from our vineyards located solely in the Znojmo wine sub-region, as well as modern production technology coupled with reliable distribution, friendly business, clear-cut business conditions and modern marketing have been added to by transregional architecture seen in the company’s new headquarters rooted in the gentle slopes of the U Hájku vineyard near Znojmo.

Over the past few years, LAHOFER Winery has become one of the largest vine growers in the Czech Republic.

The philosophy of our winery is to produce juicy wines with the right balance of acidity and natural residual sugar. Our quality appellation wines are based on the sound grapes grown in our vineyards, with attention to perfectly treated must and tireless year-round work in the cellar and the vineyards.

The outcomes of our hard work are steadily appreciated by expert committees at major international and domestic wine shows. Just taste for yourself!

The new winery building (project by Chybik+Kristof Associated Architects) with its outdoor amphitheatre evokes the shape of a wave that sinks into the vineyard, taking over its elements with full respect. The spacing and direction of the beams follow the rows of the vineyard, which makes it symbolically permeate the entire building. The plain base materials such as concrete, glass, metal and wood make up a space that is as rich as our wine that is made of quality grapes and with the skills of the winemaker.

Patrik Hábl, a leading Czech painter, dressed the vaulted ceiling of the visitors’ area and office space in a subtly expressive coat “tailored” from the particularities of the local terroir. He has inscribed on the rough concrete surface a sort of ode to the underground grapevine system – the invisible yet key essence to the quality of grapes.

LAHOtéka, as we call the visitors’ area, combines a wine shop, tasting room and a place to sit with friends over a glass of wine. The adjacent small cellar is designed for tasting sessions in small groups.

The outdoor amphitheatre, used in the summertime for concerts, theatre performances and film screenings, leads visitors to a walking roof, which serves as a generous observation deck overlooking the surrounding area.

Our belief is that good wine is born in the vineyard. Except for wines from France and Italy, our entire production comes from grapes grown in our vineyards in the Znojmo wine sub-region. We are one of the largest and most significant vine growers in the Czech Republic.

We manage 430 hectares of vineyards in the Znojmo region, including the renowned ones of Lampelberg, U Hájku, Babičák, Waldberg and Volné pole. We grow all of the major Central European varieties.