Fritz Miesbauer (General Manager), Leopold Figl (Cellar Manager) and Kathrin Bründlmayer (management assistant) have been managing Weingut Stadt Krems since July 1, 2003.

On August 16 of the year 995, Otto III signed a barter agreement in Magdeburg citing an estate of the Bishop of Freising near "Urbs Chremisa". This is the oldest preserved document to mention Krems. The city therefore celebrated its "1,000th birthday" just several years ago. The location referred to in the document was situated on a hill looking over the Krems River northeast of the old city centre as we know it today. The city spread out from there. Many historical buildings from various epochs, churches and stately town houses attest to the city's long history and pride in its past.

Krems' wealth has always been its viticulture. The charter granting city rights to Krems (1305) states that "the honour of the city lies chiefly in its vineyards". No wonder, then, that more than 50 monasteries and convents in German-speaking countries owned vineyards here in the ideal climate of this town located at the banks of the Danube River. The Weinzierler (local dialect for vintners, winegrowers) cultivate the monastery vineyards and then vinify the grapes at the magnificent "Lesehöfe" (vintage farms). The wine is then shipped up the Danube to the monasteries, where it was not only used by the monks as their daily altar wine but also furthered the international reputation of Krems as a flourishing wine capital.

Today, the 1,000 hectares of vineyards belonging to the city of Krems (with a population of 23,000) are cultivated by hundreds of small wine-growing estates. With the development of industry and service providers, wine is no longer the city's main source of income, but its "crowning glory" is still the reputation and quality of Krems wines.