The Veverka family's story in Čejkovice begins as early as 1770, a date they know thanks to a former windmill that stood proudly on the horizon above their winery from that same year. Though it was destroyed during World War I, leaving only a few stones that Tomáš now keeps in his cellar, the family's connection to the land endured. Over generations, different parts of the family gradually claimed the entire slope, with the property branching and dividing through family lines.

Organic since 2008

Following up on this long tradition, Tomáš’s father took things to a more professional level in 1992, with Tomáš gradually joining him in the old historical cellar. He’s responsible for the recent major shifts, like switching to organic farming in 2008, blending respect for nature with practical wisdom. "BIO makes sense and works," Tomáš observes, noting how during heavy rains, their soil stays strong thanks to their inter-row cover crops, while conventional neighbors deal with mud and erosion. While organic farming requires more vigilance and handwork, the reward is profound: "You simply get a great feeling from producing healthy grapes without herbicides or pesticides." This commitment is particularly notable in Čejkovice, where Tomáš and his father are among just a handful of organic growers in a village otherwise dominated by conventional, large-scale production.

No boring yeasts

Around the same time, he also began experimenting with orange wines in bigger batches, after years of small-scale home trials. His approach is guided by a simple curiosity and challenge: how to make a wine be balanced with as little intervention as possible? He relies on indigenous yeasts, with only temperature control to maintain freshness and aromatics.

"Commercial yeasts bore me," Tomáš says. "I want wine to taste like the grape variety, not something else." The results speak for themselves as Veverka's wines reflect their sunny loess and sandy terroir beautifully, driven by congenial winemaking adapted to each vintage. Sulfur is used sparingly, and sometimes none is added at all, especially for his popular pet-nats, one of the Vinofactum bestsellers.

Master of pet-nats

Tomáš is a passionate bubble maker, which shows in the depth and complexity of both Whaam and Sweet Pinot Dreams, the wonderfully wild natural pét-nats he crafts for Vinofactum. Inspired by pétillant naturels he encountered abroad in the early 2010s, Tomáš began experimenting, and what started as a few test cases quickly grew into a serious passion—one that produces some of our most beloved bottles.