Albiana

The estate on which their vineyards grow was bought by Albin and Ana Žaren in 1936. At first it was a mixed farm, but now it has been predominantly a wine estate for more than 20 years. Since the beginning, they have been monitoring the conditions and the potentials of their vineyards. Based on these findings, they have reached a new milestone: a selection of wines from the highest-quality grapes from the best vineyards, which they named ALBIANA after Albin and Ana Žaren as a tribute to the pioneers of their story. The brand was created and internationally protected in 2018. The first wines under ALBIANA brand were labels of blue franconian of 2016, while the rest of the white and rosé wines were of the 2017 vintage.
The oldest part of their cellar lies under their house and is more than 300 years old according to official written sources. Today, the cellar is bigger, modernly equipped and in three stories – with a processing room, a maturing cellar with stainless steel vats and wood barrels, a bottling room and storage chambers where wines are matured separately at different temperatures according to their type – sparkling, red, white or rose. They believe that wine is made in the vineyard, so the process of vinification is kept as minimalistic as possible, without unnecessary interference with the wine. This way, they get the best reflection of their varieties and terroir.