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A Shower of
Medals for Austrian Wine
(AWM, August
1997) - There were numerous awards and highest ratings for Austrian
wines given in London, Brussels, Bordeaux and Hamburg.
At the "Concour
Mondial de Bruxelles" (Belgium), the "Wine Challenge '97"
in London (England), the "Challenge International Du Vin" (Bordeaux),
in the competition "Les Grands Liquoreux du Monde" (presented
by the magazine Culture et Gûot) and at the "Gran Prix Degustation"
within the framework of the Hamburg Wine Salon, Austria's vintners celebrated
triumphant success.
Gran
Prix Degustation" (Hamburg):
13 Gran Prix d'Honneur, 16 Gran Prix
The most successful vintners were Ludwig Ehn from Langenlois and
Helmut Lang, Illmitz.
Ludwig Ehn was not
only distinguished in several categories, but was also nominated for the
"Best Collection of the Year" prize.
Further Gran Prix
d'Honneur prizewinners: Jurtschitsch (Langenlois), Helmut
Renner, Gernot
Heinrich, Münzenrieder (Neusiedlersee), Graf
Hardegg und Schuckert (Weinviertel), Gesellmann und Igler (Mittelburgenland)
Concour
Mondial de Bruxelles:
1 Major Gold Medal, 5 Gold Medals, 7 Silver Medals
The following were distinguished: Schloßkellerei Halbturn (Major
Gold Metal), Gsellmann&sellmann,
Schreiner, Angerhof, Rudolf Payer (Gold Medal)
Wine
Challenge '97
8 Gold Medals, 45 Silver Medals, 70 Bronze Medals
Gold-winning firms: Alois Kracher, Johann Tschida, Feiler-Artinger, Friedrich
Seiler, Anton Kollwentz, Stefan Schneider,
Challenge
International Du Vin
6 Gold Medals, 14 Silver Medals, 9 Bronze Medals
Gold medals went to: Karl Kadlec, Markowitsch, Malin & Summer, Nekowitsch,
Johann Tschida
Les
Grands Liquoreux du Monde
The French gourmet magazine Culture et Gûot - as the organizer of
the competition - awarded top places for the two wine estates of Franz
Prager (Weissenkirchen) and Feiler-Artinger (Rust) for the best international
sweet wines: 19.5 points for a 1994 Riesling (Prager) and the "Ruster
Ausbruch" 1995 Essenzia (Feiler-Artinger). In only third place was
a 1993 Chateau d'Yquem (19 points). A '95 Chardonnay (Kollwentz Wine Estate,
Großhöflein), a 1994 "Schilf" wine Nekowitsch,
Illmitz) and the 1993 "Ruster Ausbruch" from Feilinger-Artinger
have been rated 19 points.
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