These words of his father probably initiated the start and in 1984 his father began to build up the winery together with his mother Paula. As a career changer, he pressed just under 1,000 bottles of Blaufränkisch in the first year. This wine reflected all his passion, his passion, and their unmistakable GAGER style, and it immediately won the varietal award at the Falstaff wine awards and also took second place in the overall standings.

In the course of the 80s and 90s, the vineyards more and more replaced the cultivation of sugar beets and cereals, and wine became the focus of their family. This led his father to resign from his career as a master car mechanic at the age of 50 in order to devote 100% of his time to his great passion.

He grew up with the business and the passion for wine and in 2003, just like his father, he joined their winery as a career changer. This decision also laid the foundation for the near future and in the years 2000 – 2006 they renovated, modernized and enlarged the winery to its current size of 40ha.