The 1998/99 Austrian Wine Salon
The 200 best wines
The 200 best wines
This year, too, 190 wines, ten sparkling wines, and ten distilled spirits have been selected to represent for an entire year the demanding quality set by Austria, the land on wine.
153 of the 200 Salon places were given in the so-called SALON End Tasting from 306 candidates: 246 from the regional awards, 40 from the brand-name associations, 20 through specialist magazines serving the gastronomy and the foodstuffs trade. The remaining places were awarded by Austrian specialist wine magazines (24), as well as by independent specialist journalists and sommeliers (23).
12 SALON winners
A final round will take place for every category (such as Grüner Veltliner, Blaufränkisch, Eiswein-Strohwein etc.), in which the respective "Best of the Best" are to be chosen (see list).
12 from those selected
The specialist magazines, international and Austrian specialist journalists and sommeliers have given their nominations in the form of a ranking list. A comparative "Hit List" will be given disregarding the level of quality, variety and origin of the chosen twelve.
Shop window of Austrian wine culture
The "Austrian Wine SALON" is the largest annual show of achievement and thus the shop window of the indigenous wine business. It presents young and aspiring quality producers together with the reputable masters in wine growing, as well as the diversity and excellence of Austria's wine culture.
The 98/99 SALON Book
The previous two volumes of the SALON Book have already earned much praise.The 1998/99 edition was presented at the end of June. On the one hand this guide through the SALON gives an optimum overview of the wines to be tasted. And on the other, it offers compact information of Austria, the land of wine, and includes short portraits and addresses of the 200 SALON Vintners. Published by the Agrarverlag: Sturzgasse 1a, 1141 Vienna, Austria. Tel: ++43 (0)1 98118-0
| SALON Special Selections1998/99 | |
|---|---|
| Weingut Schloß Gobelsburg 3550 Gobelsburg, Schloßgasse 16 | Grüner Veltliner 1997 Ried Lamm |
| Weingut Erich & Walter Polz 8471 Spielfeld, Graßnitzberg 54A | Morillon 1997 Steirische Klassik |
| Weingut Ludwig Neumayer 3130 Inzersdorf ob der Traisen | Grüner Veltliner Ried Rafasetzen |
| Schloßweingut Graf Hardegg 2062 Seefeld-Kadolz | Weißburgunder 1997 MAX |
| Weingut Kollwentz-Römerhof 7051 Großhöflein, Hauptstraße 120 | Sauvignon Blanc 1997 Steinmühle |
| Weinbau Familie Brandl 3561 Zöbing, Heiligensteinstraße 13 | Riesling 1997 Zöbinger Vogelberg |
| Freie Weingärtner Wachau 3601 Dürnstein | Riesling Smaragd 1997 Dürnsteiner Kellerberg |
| Domäne Müller Gutsverwaltung 8522 Groß St. Florian, Petzelsdorf 63 | Sauvignon Blanc 1997 Unteranzried Ratsch |
| Weingut Lackner Tinnacher 8462 Gamlitz, Steinbach 12 | Riesling Auslese 1997 Lage Steinbach |
| Weingut Feiler Artinger 7071 Rust; Hauptstraße 3 | Weißburgunder/Welschriesling Auslese 1996 |
| Weingut Karl Lagler 3620 Spitz, Rote Torgasse 10 | Grüner Veltliner Smaragd 1997 Ried Vorderseiber |
| Weingut Bründlmayer 3550 Langenlois, Zwettlerstraße 23 | Sekt Bründlmayer |
| SALON Winners 1998 | |
|---|---|
| Weingut Forstreiter Meinhard 3506 Hollenburg 13 | Grüner Veltliner 1997 Bergwein Kremser Kogl |
| Weingut Reinhard Koch 7471 Rechnitz, Neuegasse 7 | Welschriesling 1997 |
| Weingut Schwarzböck 2101 Hagenbrunn, Schloßgasse 21 | Riesling 1997 |
| Weinbau Pichler-Schober 8505 St. Nikolai, Mitteregg 26 | Weißburgunder 1997 |
| Weingut Tschermonegg 8463 Glanz/Weinstraße 50 | Morillon 1997 |
| Weingut Sattlerhof 8462 Gamlitz, Sernau 2 | Sauvignon Blanc 1997 Steirische Klassik |
| Weingut Hans Ruttrich 7132 Frauenkirchen, Josefistraße 40 | Neuburger Cuvée TBA 1995/96 Pannonischer Reigen |
| Weingut Reitschulhof Hermann Wind 7062 St. Margareten, Reitschulgasse 13 | Weißburgunder Auslese 1995 |
| Wein- und Sektkellereien Inführ 3402 Klosterneuburg, Karl Inführ Platz 1 | Schloß Königsstein Sekt extra trocken |
| Rotweingut Stefan Lang 7311 Neckenmarkt, Rathausgasse 20 | Blaufränkisch 1996 |
| Weingut Familie Weber 7361 Lutzmannsburg, Neustiftgasse 15 | Zweigelt 1997 Ried Kirchner |
| Weingut Fam. Markowitsch 2464 Göttlesbrunn, Pfarrgasse 6-8 | Cuvée Rosenberg 1996 |