2019-02-19
According to the final data of the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism, Austria produced 2.75 million hectolitres of wine in 2018. The harvest volume was almost 11% greater than in the previous year and 24% above the average of the past five years. The 2018 vintage will be remembered not only because of the earliest harvest of all time, but also because of the satisfying volume and…
2019-01-25
On Wednesday 16 January the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) invited members of the wine community to a special edition of their annual marketing day at Austria Center Vienna. Willi Klinger, who is due to depart from the AWMB at the end of 2019, summarised the current state of things and urged the approximately 450 winegrowers and industry professionals in attendance to maintain the present…
2019-01-25
Massimo Bottura, chef from the world’s best restaurant Osteria Francescana, has been slated to cook for the victors of Austria’s most demanding wine competition in the Palais Coburg on 18 June 2019.
2014-09-04
Beautiful weather during the flowering period and sufficient rainfall during the Summer months set the stage for very good results so far in 2014: after a number of small harvests, a total volume of 2.5 million hectoliters – somewhat higher than the long term average – is expected. Assuming that meticulous care was employed during the generally wet vegetation period over the last few weeks,…
2019-03-13
The year 2018 once more set a record for exports of Austrian wine, with 170.3 million Euros around the world, 6.9% more than the previous year. In addition, the bountiful 2017 vintage helped to exceed the fifty-million-litre mark in exports for the first time since 2010. Austrian wine was also extremely successful on the home front: the retail grocery trade recorded an increase in sales of 6.9% in…
2019-07-12
On 1 July, the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) presented the hitherto biggest Austrian Tasting in Japan with winegrower participation. Some 900 visitors accepted the invitation to the Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo, creating an overwhelmingly positive atmosphere for the growers on hand. Top-drawer side events offered the perfect complement to the Austrian Tasting in Tokyo.
2019-07-03
Massimo Bottura, who has topped the prestigious list ‘The World's 50 Best Restaurants’ not once but twice, paid a special visit to Austria in mid-June: He presented a seven-course meal for the victorious winegrowers of SALON Österreich Wein 2019, the nation’s most demanding wine competition. In this, he clearly demonstrated his enthusiasm for the work of the Austrian growers.
2018-07-04
Südsteiermark DAC | Vulkanland Steiermark DAC | Weststeiermark DAC
On Monday 2 July 2018, representatives of the Regional Wine Committee and Wein Steiermark (Styria) held a historic press conference, one that would herald a new era in the annals of Styrian wine. According to the announcement, the Steiermark will be inaugurating a new system of origins with the 2018 vintage. Corresponding to the…
2019-06-07
Change in the leadership team of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board: Following Wilhelm Klinger’s announcement last December to gradually step back from his duties as Managing Director, his successor has been elected after a thorough selection process. Chris Yorke will take over the leadership of AWMB in 2020.
2019-05-24
Austrian Wine Marketing Board managing director Willi Klinger introduced the book "Wine in Austria: the History" in Vienna today as the centrepiece of this year’s Austrian Wine Summit. For the first time an academically substantiated and comprehensive volume on the history of viticulture in Austria, from prehistoric times to the present day, will be available as of December this year. And there is…
2019-03-13
The year 2018 once more set a record for exports of Austrian wine, with 170.3 million Euros around the world, 6.9% more than the previous year. In addition, the bountiful 2017 vintage helped to exceed the fifty-million-litre mark in exports for the first time since 2010. Austrian wine was also extremely successful on the home front: the retail grocery trade recorded an increase in sales of 6.9% in…
2019-07-12
On 1 July, the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) presented the hitherto biggest Austrian Tasting in Japan with winegrower participation. Some 900 visitors accepted the invitation to the Shangri-La Hotel Tokyo, creating an overwhelmingly positive atmosphere for the growers on hand. Top-drawer side events offered the perfect complement to the Austrian Tasting in Tokyo.
2019-07-03
Massimo Bottura, who has topped the prestigious list ‘The World's 50 Best Restaurants’ not once but twice, paid a special visit to Austria in mid-June: He presented a seven-course meal for the victorious winegrowers of SALON Österreich Wein 2019, the nation’s most demanding wine competition. In this, he clearly demonstrated his enthusiasm for the work of the Austrian growers.
2018-07-04
Südsteiermark DAC | Vulkanland Steiermark DAC | Weststeiermark DAC
On Monday 2 July 2018, representatives of the Regional Wine Committee and Wein Steiermark (Styria) held a historic press conference, one that would herald a new era in the annals of Styrian wine. According to the announcement, the Steiermark will be inaugurating a new system of origins with the 2018 vintage. Corresponding to the…
2019-06-07
Change in the leadership team of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board: Following Wilhelm Klinger’s announcement last December to gradually step back from his duties as Managing Director, his successor has been elected after a thorough selection process. Chris Yorke will take over the leadership of AWMB in 2020.
2019-05-24
Austrian Wine Marketing Board managing director Willi Klinger introduced the book "Wine in Austria: the History" in Vienna today as the centrepiece of this year’s Austrian Wine Summit. For the first time an academically substantiated and comprehensive volume on the history of viticulture in Austria, from prehistoric times to the present day, will be available as of December this year. And there is…
2019-05-21
On 23 May, this year’s Austrian Wine Summit will get underway. From 23–29 May, almost 200 journalists from thirty-nine countries will travel through the nation’s winegrowing regions at the invitation of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB), with special attention paid to those regions situated at the country’s borders. The wine summit will culminate in a one-day conference addressing the…
2019-04-15
Seldom have young wines gone so well with springtime’s most distinctive calling-card as do Austria's 2018s. Completely harmonious and beautifully blessed with refined acidity, they provide an ideal partner to the dazzling variety of asparagus dishes due to dominate Austria’s menus in the coming weeks.
2010-09-24
Austria will be the center of attention of the culinary world for one week through its staging of the IX. Sommelier World Championship 1998 in Vienna. As the host country, Austria will provide topics of conversation before and after the event.
2010-09-14
The best spring vegetable that thrives in Austria is best enjoyed with Austrian wine. Mild and extract-rich Grüne Veltliner and Weißburgunder, as well as Chardonnay or Sauvignon blanc, harmonise magnificently with classic asparagus dishes.
2010-09-22
A special service will be offered at the Austrian generic stand Hall 2, C5-C6: Typical Austrian varieties and styles will be at the vistors disposal for tasting.
2010-09-22
After its successful internet debut the ÖWM now adds a new dimension to its service. As of now www.weinausoesterreich , the largest search engine for Austrian wines and wineries, is online providing you with the most important information about some 4,500 producers, day and night, and all over the world. Access to this service is via the ÖWM homepage or directly at www.winesearch.at.
2010-08-23
The Fifth Masters of Wine Symposium in Vienna gave international experts an opportunity of studying Austrian wines. Brief Interviews with participants were held to document their professional opinion. The result was very encouraging for Austrian wine, and excerpts from conversations with wine VIPs Jancis Robinson MW and Tim Atkin MW may stand for many. The quality and individuality of Austrian…
2010-08-23
Statistic Austria estimates the 2002 Austrian wine grape crop to bring 2.6 million hectoliters (1 hectoliter = 26.4 U.S. gallons). This means a production increase of 4% over the previous year and 11% over the past decade’s average.
2010-08-20
Austrian wine can look back on another good year, said Wine Marketing Director Michael Thurner and Federal Wine Growing President Josef Pleil at the annual press conference of the Austrian Wine Marketing Service, held at the Vestibül restaurant in Vienna. A high market share at home as well as record export figures and the establishment of regional wine committees support the competitiveness of…
2010-09-30
The tendency of the last three quarters has been confirmed: Austria’s wine trade can look back on record exports for 2002. The trend is rising. Michael Thurner, Director of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board, is delighted to see a concerted effort by Austrian wine trade rewarded by this result.
2010-09-30
Even the New York Times acknowledges it: Arnold Schwarzenegger is not Austria’s only successful export to the United States.
2010-11-17
Germany is Austria’s most important export market for wine. During the past year, some 45 million litres, 60% of total exports, were delivered to the neighbouring country. Especially the demand for high-quality wines from Austria is rising.
2010-10-04
There was little time for gentle spring sentiments at the beginning of last year’s warm season. Already a week after Easter an early heat wave swept over the country, and except for a cool week each during May and August, four searingly hot months followed. Hail storms in mid-May, which devastated parts of the Vienna vineyards and reduced yields there drastically, were the only negative aspects of…
2010-10-04
The Master of Wine qualification is internationally recognized as the highest level of educational achievement for the wine industry. Austria is now the fourth country after Great Britain, USA, and Australia to offer this prestigious education programme, thus confirming the Austrian Wine Academy’s (AWA) role as continental Europe’s leader in wine education. The Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB)…
2010-10-04
Austria’s wine producers celebrate another success.
2010-10-04
At the invitation of the Republic of Austria and to celebrate the 120-year anniversary of Austrian Wine Growers’ Association, the “Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin” (OIV) was holding its XXVIII world-wide congress from 4 to 9 July in the Vienna Hofburg. 450 decision makers from around the world, politicians, scientists, and others in the wine business, participated in the five-day…
2010-10-04
The weather conditions of 2004 have caused some additional work for Austrian wine producers, both in the vineyards and in the cellar. The wines of this vintage will carry the producer’s stamp more than in other years, expression of viticultural variety and vinicultural expertise. Already now, the 2004 shows as an elegant, classic year with fruit and fine aromas: typically Austrian.
2010-09-06
For wine as for everything else, knowledge is the basis of every qualitative decision. The internationally most widely recognized wine qualification is awarded by the Institute of Masters of Wine (IWM) in London after a training course lasting several years. In 2004, a contract of cooperation between the IWM and the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) made it possible to follow this course in…
2010-09-06
Preliminary export figures for 2004, published recently by Statistik Austria, revealed that the total volume and value of Austrian wine exports have exceeded the estimates made by the Austrian Wine Marketing Board last December. According to the report, over 73 million liters of Austrian wine with a value of more than € 83 million were exported in 2004.
2010-09-16
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate” is recognized as the most important and influential wine publication in the world. In his current online edition 260 Austrian wines from the current vintage are assessed. The results: outstanding!
2010-09-01
Riesling from the Kamptal and Burgenland red wines capture “International Trophies”.
2010-09-01
Wine journalists impressed with the AWMB’s PR strategy
2010-08-19
Austrian wines performed brilliantly at a blind tasting of 50 of the world’s best Sauvignon Blanc. Not only with the younger vintages, but among the mature wines, the winners were Austrian. Austria, and in particular Styria, was able to secure its image as producer of elite world class Sauvignon Blanc.
2010-08-19
Since 2002, all of the wine growing areas in Austria have the opportunity to market their typical wines under a system of controlled designation of origin (Dac). And now, the first Austrian red wine growing area to adopt the DAC strategy, the Mittelburgenland, is introducing - with the 2005 vintage - typical Blaufränkisch wines under the name Mittelburgenland Dac. There are more powerful…
2010-08-20
Everything from immense satisfaction to traces of euphoria is being expressed throughout all of Austria ’s wine growing areas. That’s the beginning-of-November verdict for the 2006 harvest, which is nearing completion. The last of the grapes to be harvested – those mainly used for premium category wines - will be brought to the cellars within a short time. In every Austrian wine region, there are…
2010-08-20
As of December 31, 2006, Michael Thurner will leave the Austrian Wine Marketing Board after 8 years as executive manager and will turn with the new year towards new tasks. Starting January 1, Willi Klinger will step forward as his successor, one able to draw upon many years of broad national as well as international experience in the field of wine marketing.
2010-08-20
Since 1971, the Austrian Wine Growers Association has been awarding the Bacchus Prize to people who have performed outstanding services to Austrian wine. This year, the Bacchus Prize 2006 was awarded to Arne Ronold MW at a ceremony held on November 6th at the OldUniversity of Graz in Austria. Also given the prize was Franz Fischler, the former EU Commissioner for Agriculture. Following a…
2010-08-19
The Traisental, one of the smallest wine-growing areas in Austria, has begun to strengthen the strategic positioning of its wines by establishing - with the 2006 vintage – a typical wines of origin programme, and through marketing these wines under the Traisental dac designation. With these steps, the Traisental becomes the third member of Austria´s dac family. And for the first time in this…
2010-08-19
85 Austrian Wines Receive BioFach 2007 Wine Awards. Austria´s winemakers once again demonstrated just how fine their bio wines are – as their wines snapped up numerous awards at the world´s biggest bio wine competition held recently in Nürnberg, Germany.
2010-08-18
Since 1995, Austria’s Donauland wine-growing area has comprised two sub-areas: Wagram (2,450 hectares) north of the Danube river, and Klosterneuburg (350 hectares, which includes Tulln and Atzenbrugg) south of the Danube. The differing climatic and geological characteristics of each of these sub-areas, however, made the creation of a centralized identity very difficult. Moreover, as the…
2010-08-18
Austrian Wine Marketing, which is intensifying its activities in the United States, recently held its largest PR presentation ever in New York by celebrating the Austrian national holiday with several special events.
2010-10-07
[Translate to English:] Der schöne Brauch, den neuen Weinjahrgang zu segnen, manifestiert sich in Österreich in zahlreichen regionalen „Weintaufen“ und der offiziellen „Weintaufe Österreich“, in deren Verlauf auch traditionell der „Bacchuspreis“ für Verdienste um die österreichische Weinkultur vergeben wird.
2010-08-18
The Austrian wine community is mourning one of its greatest pioneers. Alois Kracher died early in the morning of December 5th from complications due to cancer. His death came unexpectedly to many in the wine community. With Alois Kracher's passing, Austria has lost an irreplaceable visionary, not only because his wines achieved so much international success, but also because of his dedication and…
2010-08-18
Through an ordinance adopted on December 10th by Austria’s Minister of Agriculture and the Environment, Josef Pröll, quality wines produced with either the Grüner Veltliner or Riesling grape varieties in the Kremstal wine-growing area can, for the first time, be marketed under the designation Kremstal DAC. The new designation takes effect with wines from the 2007 vintage. With its new dac status,…