It all started way back in the 1900’s with Heimo’s maternal great-grandparents, Franz Knittelfelder and Franz and Josefa Frisch who owned vineyards in the Austrian province of Styria and were involved in the hospitality industry.

The vineyards were unfortunately on the other side of the river Mur which became the border between Austria and former Yugoslavia and the great-grandparents lost their wine farm and their interest in producing wine.

It was not to end there, Heimo’s grandfather Hugo, who was a coppersmith, was inspired by the noble taste of top-quality beverages produced from grapes and he founded a company which built distillers for brandy, grappa and spirits.

The different Rivendell™ businesses are managed according to the process flows of the organizational chart. Rivendell™ grows grapes and olives and maintains its own farm team. We offer wine tasting and cellar door sales at the farm. An outsourced restaurant hosts guests for lunch, dinner and functions.

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