{"id":3495,"date":"2022-09-22T11:29:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehofer.at\/building-and-living\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T06:46:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T06:46:33","slug":"building-and-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehofer.at\/en\/building-and-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Building and Living"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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300 Years Neudeggerhof . 30 years organic wine. Winemaker’s comment<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What will our children think about us and our ancestors? Will they be proud and happy about all we have done?<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a question I personally ask myself again and again. And I also think about it when I carry out renovations and conversions in the winery. Is the work easy to do or are there construction sins and are materials used that will be expensive to dispose of later?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Conserving resources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our goal is to work in a way that conserves resources as much as possible.<\/strong> For any kind of construction, we always use materials that are environmentally friendly. For example, we use cellulose, wood fibre, glass foam\/granulate or flax to insulate our buildings. For renovation, we use clay plaster, mineral plasters and wood from our own forest. If possible, we try not to seal any more surfaces, but to make the best possible use of the buildings we already have. This also includes not destroying old buildings but renovating them if possible. A few examples: One of our barns dates back to the 17th century, another one was built in 1860. Our vaulted cellar is also still in full use: It is about 300 years old and is thus the oldest part of our winery. Today\u2019s tasting rooms and our guest rooms were once occupied by pigs or were used as straw storage rooms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Into Self-sufficiency<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We also have our own domestic water supply<\/i> on the winery.<\/strong> The water comes from our own well, which is more than 100 years old. The water is used, among other things, for cooling in the cellar and for sanitary facilities. We can thus use precious drinking water from our local well more sparingly.
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