ZNOVÍN ZNOJMO, a.s. is one of the leading wine producers and vine growers, it manages 500 ha of its own vineyards in the Znojmo and Hustopeč regions, including the renowned Šobes vineyard.
The variety was bred by the director of the wine school in Klosterneuburg in Austria, Dr. F. Zweigelt in 1922 and its expansion to other countries was credited after the Second World War to Dr. Lenz Moser.