2020-03-03
In order to protect the health of exhibitors and attendees both, as well as hindering the spread of the coronavirus Sars-Cov-2, ProWein in Düsseldorf, VieVinum in Vienna and other national and international events have been postponed.
2020-04-07
On a national as well as international level, the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) is working intensively on suitable activities and measures that can be implemented during and after the COVID-19 restrictions. The strategy here is clearly defined: during the corona crisis, the areas that are still functioning despite the restrictions should be promoted and supported. Then the focus will shift…
2020-04-06
The COVID-19 pandemic is also having a serious impact on Austria’s wine industry. Winegrowers and retailers as well are developing a variety of strategies to cope with the situation. The Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB) is supporting them both domestically and internationally.
2017-12-05
As of this date, Austria has a tenth specific DAC winegrowing region: Schilcherland DAC – in the west of the federal state of Steiermark (Styria), formerly known as ‘Weststeiermark’. Here, the red wine variety Blauer Wildbacher is vinified into a rosé wine called Schilcher. Following an extended political process of discussion, pending changes to the DAC regulations were announced on 11.10.17. The…
2018-12-07
AWMB Managing Director Wilhelm Klinger will be leaving his office effective 31.12.2019, thus initiating a generational change in leadership at the Austrian Wine Marketing Board.
2020-03-03
The lucky number for the world of Austrian wine seems to be the 9, since when the year ends with this numeral – like 1999 and 2009 (‘the Niners’) – the vintage often turns out to be particularly fine. This legendary series continues in 2019: despite heat and drought, the white wines are vivaciously fresh and the reds show excellent depth. And at 2.3 million hectolitres production, 2019 is in line…
2020-03-04
With almost 50% of sales, Germany remains Austria’s most important country for wine exports. But what makes the German wine market tick? What opportunities and what potential does the German market offer for Austrian wine? And the important question: is there actually such a single entity as ‘the German wine market’?
2020-02-27
From 15–17 March 2020, the international world of fine wine will gather at Europe’s leading wine trade fair, ProWein in Düsseldorf. With a contingent of 330 exhibiting growers, sixteen instructive and inviting master classes, plus the outstanding 2019 vintage, Austria is bringing its best game to the table.
2020-01-10
As of the first of January, British native Chris Yorke has taken the helm of the Austrian wine industry’s service organisation, the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB). With his substantial international expertise, a clear strategic orientation and the concentrated capabilities of the team, the Austrian Wine Marketing Board finds itself ideally positioned for a bright and successful future.
2020-01-20
The Austrian Wine Academy has been offering successfully the WSET Level 4 Diploma in cooperation with the British Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) for more than 25 years. In 2020/2021, three different formats of the Diploma course are available.
2020-01-17
Environmentally friendly produced and marketed Austrian wines are highly sought after in Scandinavian markets. Norway’s state monopoly has even created a separate import quota for Austrian wines with ‘Sustainable Austria’ certification.
2010-09-22
Since it was first held in 1994, ProWein has been the most important wine trade fair world-wide for Austria's wine-growing industry. This year, some 160 winegrowers from all of the country's wine-growing regions (Niederösterreich, Burgenland, Steiermark and Wien) are presenting their wines on an exhibition area that totals more than 1,150 m². Based on the number of participants, "Austria the Wine…
2010-09-22
The Indian Wine Society, the Austrian Wine Marketing Board & the Austrian Embassy and Trade Commission present the first ever Austrian Wine Makers Dinner in India.
2010-10-28
“Exciting times for Austria and Grüner Veltliner. The excellent Gru-V Tuesday Tasting continued to spread the word on Austria’s unique treasures. Every merchant intent on offering terroir driven, individual wine should load their shelves” Tim French of Fortnum & Mason’s generous tribute to Austria and the Grüner Veltliner grape, highlights the success of the Austrian Summer Party and marks a…
2010-10-04
It may be a legend that Austria is the home of the Riesling grape, but the quality of the country’s modern Rieslings is beyond doubt. On the occasion of the VieVinum wine fair held in Vienna in June 2004, the Swedish wine dealer Jan-Erik Paulson once more held an international blind tasting for a select panel of experts. “The Best Dry Rieslings from Around the World from the Vintages 2001 and…
2010-10-29
London’s fashionable Groucho Club is becoming an important place for Austrian wines. Already in 2002, a celebrated blind tasting pitched great Grüner Veltliner and Chardonnay against some of the world’s top Chardonnays, with the stunning result that Austria’s national varietal swept the board. On 11 October, 2004, the experiment was repeated, this time with Riesling.
2010-10-15
Austria´s wine industry has undergone a highly impressive turnaround over the last two decades. The strictest wine law in the world, together with an innovative generation of winemakers, has established for Austrian wine a strong position in the home market as well as the highest export figures in decades. This development is highly acknowleged around the world – to the point that Austria actually…
2010-08-16
For Austrian Wine, 2007 appears to be the most successful export year ever. At the end of December, it was estimated that total exports for 2007 would be at 51 million litres with a value of € 93 million. Now, the actual figures are much higher: according to Statistik Austria, total exports for 2007 were 56 million litres with a sensational total value of more than €105 million. A key factor for…
2010-08-16
The European Academy of Wine Education (EAWE) recently held its first Conference in Rust, Austria. The Austrian Wine Academy, a founding member of EAWE hosted this first European Conference for Wine Education. Educators from 16 countries met and discussed issues of international relevance in the field of wine education. This conference marked the beginning of an international network of exchange…
2010-10-15
Despite the turbulent economy, Austrian wine is looking back on yet another successful year. Exports once again are promising record results. And even at home, the market share of Austrian wine has increased, thanks to the stabilization of direct sales (ex-cellar) and the successful development in the food retail market.
2010-10-06
Austria’s diverse array of wines has made this country a genuine wine world treasure. The quality, the styles, the character and the expressions – they are truly individual.
2010-08-13
Over the past year, Austrian wine was very successful despite the economic crisis. In fact, the growth that defined the previous few years continued in 2009, especially in the food retail trade.
2019-01-25
Am Mittwoch, den 17. Jänner, lud die Österreich Wein Marketing zum Marketingtag ins Austria Center Vienna. Rund 400 interessierte BesucherInnen aus allen Sparten der Weinbranche konnten besonders hochkarätigen Referenten lauschen. Höhepunkte des diesjährigen Marketingtags waren der Gastvortrag der internationalen Weinikone Jancis Robinson MW und die abschließende Podiumsdiskussion zur Problematik…
2019-01-25
Der härteste Weinwettbewerb Österreichs hat gesprochen: 270 Weine dürfen künftig stolz das SALON Etikett auf der Flasche tragen. 16 davon gingen aus dem Blindverkostungsmarathon als SALON Sieger ihrer jeweiligen Kategorie hervor, 10 wurden von Branchenprofis zu SALON Auserwählten gekürt. Im Rahmen eines exklusiven Galadinners mit Sternekoch Johannes King wurden die 26 Sieger und Auserwählten am…
2019-01-25
Die diesjährigen Wetterbedingungen führten zu einem frühen Lesestart. Rund zwei Wochen eher als gewohnt kann somit Österreichs letztes echtes Saisonprodukt verkostet werden: der Sturm!
2018-12-07
AWMB Managing Director Wilhelm Klinger will be leaving his office effective 31.12.2019, thus initiating a generational change in leadership at the Austrian Wine Marketing Board.
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.
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…
2019-02-19
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…
2019-02-21
From 17–19 March 2019 in the German city of Düsseldorf, ProWein – Europe’s most important wine trade fair – will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. Austria will have some 350 exhibitors on hand, offering top-flight programming in Hall 17 throughout all three days.
2019-03-05
The earliest wine harvest of modern Austrian viticulture surpassed the volume of the previous, above-average vintage 2017, at 2.75 million hectolitres. Once again, wines of very good to excellent quality are anticipated.
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…
2019-04-15
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.
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…
2019-05-24
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…
2019-07-12
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.
2019-08-21
After Austria distinguished itself last year, being chosen as the Court of Master Sommeliers’ first examination venue outside the USA or Great Britain, testing for the Master Sommelier diploma was held this year for the second time in our country. On 16–17 August, eighteen candidates came to Klosterneuburg Abbey, where they faced the world’s greatest sommelier challenge.
2019-08-27
‘Austrian winegrowers are looking forward to a good vintage with fully ripe grapes this year. Compared to the big harvest in 2018, an average volume of approximately 2.4 million hectolitres is expected. And after the record-breaking early harvest last year, picking will begin around Lake Neusiedl at the beginning of September. In other regions, the primary harvest will begin in mid-September’,…
2019-11-27
260 ski huts and slopeside restaurants bring epicurean delights to Austria's biggest scene for skiing fun, Ski amadé. This special week dedicated to skiing and the pleasures of wine is celebrating its tenth anniversary this season.
2019-11-27
Recent successes in seminars and enthusiastic reportage in the world’s most highly regarded wine magazines prove beyond any doubt: wines from the Steiermark are no longer an insider tip, but have arrived in the international elite class.
2019-11-06
After last year’s earliest harvest in recorded history, picking this year commenced at the customary time. And the good weather that greeted the harvesters was particularly gratifying, since all the grapes could be brought in according to plan without any element of stress. The warm vegetation cycle with its dry spells brought excellent ripeness to the clusters, along with average volume, while…
2019-08-30
On 1 January 2020, Mr Wilhelm Klinger will assume management of Austria’s leading wine retailer Wein & Co, which since 2018 has been part of the German conglomerate Hawesko Holding AG, one of the world’s leading wine sales operations. In this role, Klinger will also become a member of the Hawesko Group’s ‘corporate strategy circle’. At the same time, Klinger will be turning over the management of…
2019-10-01
The region has reached agreement on the three levels Gebietswein (regional wine), Ortswein (‘villages’ wine) and Riedenwein (single-vineyard wine), and continues to emphasise the traditional and highly prized varieties: white wine vinified from Chardonnay, Weissburgunder or Grüner Veltliner, red wine from Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch.
2013-02-28
With all of the figures in, the total volume of Austria's 2012 wine vintage is 2,154,800 hectoliters, which is well below the long term average. This is due mainly to last May's late frost – an unusual event that brought heavy losses, especially in Niederösterreich (Lower Austria). But because overall weather conditions during the year were quite favourable, the quality of the wine is very high,…
2013-03-06
Austria's group presentation at the ProWein wine fair in Düsseldorf, Germany (March 24th – 26th) is the biggest for the Austrian wine sector. The ever-increasing number of Austrian participants underscores the international importance of the fair. This year, in the Österreich-Halle (Austria Hall) – Hall 7 – there will be 350 domestic producers presenting their products and new vintages. The head…
2014-08-06
Expert jury reinforces the Austrian Quality Sparkling Wine category. At the end of June, SALON Österreich Wein again celebrated the 260 best wines from the biggest wine competition in Austria and awarded them the SALON Wein 2014 seal. Amongst them were ten SALON wines that were chosen via votes by sommeliers and experts from Austrian specialist wine magazines (the SALON Auserwählte), and 16 SALON…
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.
2019-03-05
The earliest wine harvest of modern Austrian viticulture surpassed the volume of the previous, above-average vintage 2017, at 2.75 million hectolitres. Once again, wines of very good to excellent quality are anticipated.
2019-02-21
From 17–19 March 2019 in the German city of Düsseldorf, ProWein – Europe’s most important wine trade fair – will be celebrating its 25th anniversary. Austria will have some 350 exhibitors on hand, offering top-flight programming in Hall 17 throughout all three days.