Blauer Lemberger wine is one of Austria's most distinctive red varieties — structured and peppery in cool years, richer and fuller where the growing season stretches longer. The producers below grow it from Burgenland to Niederösterreich, each shaping it differently.
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Blauer Lemberger is known in Germany as Lemberger or Blaufränkisch — the same grape travels under different names across the border. In Austria it ripens to give wines with a firm tannic backbone, a distinctly peppery or spicy note, and dark fruit that ranges from plum to blackberry depending on the vintage. It performs particularly well on the iron-rich soils around the Neusiedlersee in Burgenland, where warm lake-influenced summers give it enough ripeness to balance its natural acidity. On Free Grape Society, each bottle ships directly from the grower's own cellar, with no importer or warehouse in between.
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A producer's own mixbox is the six-bottle selection they would hand you if you walked into their cellar — their own recommendation of what to taste first. With Blauer Lemberger, that often means tasting one estate's expression across different vineyard sites or styles, where the grape's character shifts clearly from one bottle to the next. Free Grape Society is a society of producers, independent experts and wine lovers, not a shop.
The growers below work with Blauer Lemberger in different parts of Austria, from the warmer lake-influenced sites of Burgenland to the cooler slopes further north. Reading a producer's own notes is a direct way to understand the choices behind their wines — and the wine-advice service is there if you would rather talk through the differences before deciding.
Independent wine experts review wines they have personally tasted, and their notes appear on each wine page and on the expert's own profile. Several of the experts below have reviewed Blauer Lemberger wines featured on this page, so you can read their assessments before choosing.
Browse the wines listed on this page, add bottles to your basket, and check out with Klarna or card. Each bottle ships directly from the producer's own cellar to your door. Free shipping is included, and delivery takes between 4 and 14 days depending on where the producer is based.
Send a photo to Free Grape Society customer support within 7 days of delivery. We will arrange a replacement or a refund. Because producers ship directly, quality issues are handled with the producer's direct involvement. Shared responsibility is built into how FGS works.
Yes. You can add wines from different producers to the same basket. Each producer ships their own wines separately from their cellar, so you may receive more than one delivery if you order from multiple growers in one order.
Average delivery is 8 to 9 days from order to door. The full range is 4 to 14 days depending on the producer's location and your delivery address. Wines ship directly from the producer's cellar, not from a central warehouse.
The key differences are region and producer style. Burgenland wines tend to be richer and more full-bodied, shaped by the warm influence of the Neusiedlersee. Wines from cooler sites are often more structured and peppery. Reading each producer's own notes gives you a quick sense of how they work with the grape before you choose.
Free Grape Society works directly with independent producers. Wines are tasted before listing, and producers set their own prices and ship their own orders. The selection grows as new growers join — so the range you see reflects who is active on the platform at the time you browse.
The independent wine experts listed on this page have reviewed Blauer Lemberger wines personally. You can read their notes on each wine page, or ask a question through the wine-advice service on Free Grape Society and get a recommendation based on what you are looking for.
Supermarket-label wines are produced at scale and priced for shelf space, not for the grower's own character. Free Grape Society lists wines from independent producers who grow, make and bottle their own Blauer Lemberger — people whose name and reputation sit behind every bottle. Those wines rarely reach supermarket shelves, which is part of why they are here.
Occasionally — it appears in specialist wine shops in some European markets, sometimes under the German name Lemberger. But independent Austrian producers rarely work through large importers or distribution networks, which means their wines are difficult to find outside Austria through standard retail. Ordering directly through Free Grape Society bypasses that gap entirely.
Blauer Lemberger is the same grape as Blaufränkisch — the name used in Austria and increasingly in international wine writing — but in the German wine regions of Württemberg it has been called Blauer Lemberger for centuries, and that name has stuck. Württemberg is its German heartland, where it accounts for a significant share of the region's red wine production and where growers have worked with it long enough to understand how it behaves across different soils and elevations. Outside Germany, the variety grows widely in Austria, where Burgenland's Burgenland producers have built an international reputation on it, and it also appears in the Czech Republic's Moravia and in parts of Hungary. The grape is thin-skinned enough to be sensitive to site and vintage, but in good conditions it produces wines with a recognisable combination of firm acidity, structured tannin, and dark fruit that ages well. It is not a grape that smooths itself out for easy drinking — it has an angular quality that makes it interesting to follow across different producers and regions.
Blauer Lemberger tends toward the savoury end of the red wine spectrum. The aromatics lean to dark cherry, blackberry, and black pepper, with an earthy, sometimes mineral undertone that reflects the grape's sensitivity to soil. In cooler growing conditions the wine stays leaner and more acidic; in warmer, riper years it gains body and rounder fruit without losing the structural backbone that defines the variety. Tannins are firm but not coarse, and the acidity makes it a natural food wine — it does not overwhelm a dish. That structure makes it a good match for roasted or braised red meats, game, and dishes where the food has some fat or richness to meet the wine's edges. It also works well alongside aged cheeses, and the more elegant, cooler-climate expressions pair cleanly with root vegetables and mushroom-based dishes. If you are exploring the variety, comparing a Württemberg Lemberger with an Austrian red from Burgenland made from the same grape under a different name is a straightforward way to see how much site and winemaking tradition shape the outcome.
Blauer Lemberger is not a grape you find easily outside specialist wine retail, which is part of what makes buying directly from independent producers worthwhile. The growers who work with it tend to know it well — in Württemberg in particular, it is often a long-standing variety on estates where the winemaker has spent years understanding how individual plots express it differently. On Free Grape Society, wines are tasted before listing, and producers ship directly from their own cellars, with no importer or warehouse in between. That means a shorter chain from grower to glass and a better chance of receiving wine in good condition at the right time. If you want to explore related German wines or compare Blauer Lemberger with Zweigelt or Blaufränkisch from Austrian producers, both are represented on the platform. Free Grape Society is a society of producers, independent experts and wine lovers — not a shop — and the growers here set their own prices and decide which wines to offer directly.
