Tomato Vinegar – made from tomatoes by Erich Stekovics

Erich Stekovics calls his tomato vinegar Kaiser Vinegar – a nod to the nickname he has earned over all the years he has dedicated himself to the "golden apple," as Austrians call tomatoes: Emperor of Tomatoes. The tomato vinegar, made from the juice of fully ripe tomatoes, is ideal for green salads, tomato salads, tomato-mozzarella, feta or goat cheese combinations, with arugula, but also for seasoning tomato sauces.

For this vinegar, aromatic tomatoes of various old varieties are harvested by hand and pressed, then inoculated with a vinegar mother so that nature can do its work and create a wonderfully flavorful tomato vinegar.

Tomato Vinegar – from the Emperor of Tomatoes

Erich Stekovics is the Emperor of Tomatoes. By Lake Neusiedl in Austria, he plants and cultivates countless old, almost forgotten varieties of tomatoes, peppers, chilies, garlic, and cucumbers, and makes delicious preserves from them. The charismatic farmer is on a quest for lost flavors. In his "paradise," he guards over 4000 tomato varieties and now well over 200 chili varieties.

What Erich Stekovics plants has flavor. And he is particularly fond of the old varieties of tomato and chili plants. And no one can fool him easily. Among his personal favorite varieties is the "Gänseschnabel" (Goose Beak) chili, which he preserves in the finest Beerenauslese vinegar.