(Vienna, September 2000) - A series of national and international awards prompted the association of the 17 Bioveritas Wine Estates to go public and to present the "excellent biological wines" together for the first time.

That the Austrian biological vintners can not only compete with their conventional colleagues is clear, they also take the lead in biological wine growing. This was shown by the most recent "Selection IFOAM 2000," the award of the biological umbrella organisation at the 6th International Biological Wine Growing Congress last weekend in Basle. Member firms of the Bioveritas Wine Estates presented - with a Riesling Smaragd and a Weißburgunder - two of the three winners in the white wine category. Around 1700 participants from 80 countries met for a scientific discourse concerning the future of planting land biologically.

"The Bioveritas Wine Estates are on the right road, and with their international successes are an advertisement for the whole of Austria's wine growing," is also the pleased opinion of the Austrian Wine Marketing Service Association, which together with the ARGE Biological Planting of Land, also helped to launch BIO VERITAS.

We have dedicated ourselves to wine quality and biological wine growing. The one fostered our opinion following the other. Only without chemical aids and in the vineyard and the cellar comes the 'earthy aroma' - which means allowing the soil to have, unadulterated, an effect in the wine," is the credo of the Bioveritas Wine Estates.

3471 Groß Riedenthal 35
Office: 3485 Grafenegg 1, Austria
Tel. und Fax: ++43 (0)2735/3239
bioveritas@bioclub.at
www.bioveritas.at

The individual awards

Weingut Neudeggerhof, Fam. Mehofer
3471 Gr. Riedenthal, Neudegg 14, Austria
Riesling 1999: Salon Winner 2000/2001
Grüner Veltliner 1999:
A La Carte 89 points; Falstaff Grüner Veltliner Grand Prix/4 stars

Weinbau Fam. Josef Seidl
3622 Mühldorf, Schoberhof 15, Austria
Riesling Federspiel 1999 Ried Kalkofen:
A La Carte Grand-Cru-winner category Riesling to 12,5 Vol.%/92 points

Winzerhof Allacher
Fam. Matthias Allacher
7122 Gols, Neustiftg. 69, Austria

• Grauburgunder Eiswein 1998:
  Biofach 2000 - Gold-Medal and wine of the year 2000/category dessert wine
  International Wine Challenge 2000 Peking - Silber-Medal
• Welschriesling 1999 Kabinett:
  Biofach 2000 - Bilber-Medal catagory white wine to 12 Vol.%
• Eiswein Cuvee und Blaufränkisch Strohwein 1997:
  International Wine Challenge 2000 Peking - Recognition Seal
  

Nikolaihof Wachau
Fam. Saahs, 3512 Mautern, Austria

• Nikolaihof Im Weingebirge Grüner Veltliner 1999 Federspiel:
  Der Feinschmecker August 2000 - among the ten best Grünen Veltlinern;
  3. Platz Grüner Veltliner Tasting Savoir Vivre (Switzerland) July
• Nikolaihof Im Weingebirge Grüner Veltliner 1997 Federspiel: Wine and Spirits (USA)/100 best wines of 1999 - best Grüner Veltliner/94 points
• Nikolaihof Im Weingebirge Grüner Veltliner 1998 Smaragd: Wine Enthusiast (USA), March 2000 - best Grüner Veltliner/93 points
• Nikolaihof Vom Stein Riesling Smaragd 1999
  Selection IFOAM 2000 - best white wine (with two other first places)

Weinbau Georg Lunzer
7122 Gols, Sportplatzg. 4, Austria
Weißburgunder 1999
Selection IFOAM 2000 - best white wine (with two other first places)

Weinbau Johannes Graf
2074 Unterretzbach, Kleinhöflein 8, Austria
Neuburger 1999:
Area winner at the lower Austria Wine-Fair and Salon wine 2000/2001
Two further area winners: Weißburgunder 1999 Spätlese and Welschriesling 1999

Weingut Diwald
3471 Groß Riedenthal 35, Austria
Riesling 1999 Haide: winner of the Pro Wine Prize at the Düsseldorf Fair

Weinhof A. Paradeiser
Anna u. Alfred Paradeiser
3481 Fels/Wagram, St. Urban Str. 22, Austria
Lower Austria Seal for a total of five red and white wines

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