03/2008
Highest-Ever Export Values Reached with High Value Bottled Wines.
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.
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03/2008
After the first tastings of the young 2007 vintage wines, the faces of the winemakers and professional tasters throughout Austria’s wine-growing areas expressed strong satisfaction about the high level of quality achieved.
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01/2008
Agreements reached for EU Wine Market Reforms Promotes Further Quality Improvement Programmes in Austria. Austria’s wine sector enjoyed a successful economic year in 2007. The domestic wine-growing policy made important gains on the EU level, and was able to secure an additional € 20 Million from the EU coffers for quality improvement measures.
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12/2007
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.
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12/2007
The sweet wine pioneer has died at the age of 48, following a brief,
heavy illness. 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 service to Austrian wines around the world.
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11/2007
The harvest was, for the most part, complete by the end of October. In fact, a major portion of the grapes were already picked by the middle of that month. In some regions, though, top quality grapes to be used for Prädikatswein remain on the vines. Overall, the high quality of the grapes has proven ideal, revealing at full ripeness moderate sugar levels and good acidity structure..
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10/2007
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.
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10/2007
The weather conditions in 2007 - hot summer; rainfall at the beginning of September - make this year a true winemaker’s vintage. The meticulous work in the vineyards and the careful handling of the grapes in the cellars are key to this vintage’s success.
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09/2007
Austria still has an array of other beautiful wines to be discovered by discerning international palates. One of these, Sauvignon Blanc from the Steiermark (Styria) wine region, has been highly sought-after in Austria and other German speaking countries for several years. [ article ]
07/2007
Since 1995, Austria’s Donauland wine-growing area has comprised two sub-areas: Wagram north of the Danube river, and Klosterneuburg 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 [ article ]
05/2007
After the young wines were tasted all around Austria, and the first verdicts were in, it was clear: the euphoria over the 2006 harvest was certainly not exaggerated! [ article ]
02/2007
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... [ article ]
02/2007
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... [ article ]
