Out of love for viticulture, nine enthusiastic wine lovers joined forces in 2014. With their new non-profit organization Houwaartse Wijngaard, they planted 1200 vines on the flank of the Houwaartseberg. The first planting consisted of pinot noir, pinot gris and pinot meunier, a year later cabernet cortis and rondo were added. Meanwhile, the friends received reinforcements, so that a passionate army of volunteers is ready to maintain the vineyard and pick the grapes.