From a family garden to a South Moravian slope
Three generations, one hill, one conviction: wine is not made — it comes into being on its own. Our job is not to get in the way.
The beginning: sixteen rows and a big dream
Miroslav Horeček planted the first vines on a slope called Red Hill — back then just a hobby, a few hectares of red soil, a position full of southwestern sun. No one believed it would become a business.
There was one stainless steel tank in the garage. Bottling was done by hand, labels were glued with his wife Hana at the kitchen table. The first vintage — 1,200 bottles — was sold to neighbors and friends within three weeks.
Cellar in the rock and the first gold
After sixteen years came the decision: to build our own cellar carved directly into the hillside. Three years of construction, temperature 12 °C all year round, silence broken only by the banging of wooden barrels.
In 2005, the 2003 Welschriesling won a gold medal at Vinex Brno. The phones started ringing. Instead of four thousand bottles, suddenly four times as many had to be filled.
New generation, old roots
Daughter Karolína studied oenology in Vienna and returned with new knowledge — but without the desire to rebuild everything. "Dad makes wine right. I just add a few question marks," she says. The new Záhony line was created — parcel wines from individual locations.
Each bottle of the Záhony line bears the exact GPS coordinates of the plot, year of planting, soil composition. Wine as a document of the landscape.
— Karolína Horečková
