Nine Burgenländer Wines conquer the top at the Salon Austria!

Nine Burgenländer Wines conquer the top at the Salon Austria!

In Austria's wine landscape, the "Salon" is emblazoned as a very special star. It is considered the hardest wine competition in the country and this year has moved the best wines of Burgenland into the spotlight. The winners were announced on an impressive day in the Palais Lower Austria in Vienna. After a demanding selection of over 1,000 submitted wines, 275 were included in an elite circle. Among them are nine highly gratifying winners from Burgenland, which shine not only with taste, but also with quality. So reports meinzirk.at .

How important this competition is for Burgenland viticulture underlines the fact that around 60 percent of the award-winning wines come from different cultivation areas. This confirmation of quality is no coincidence; The selection is made in a multi -stage process that includes blind tastings by a jury from wine experts. These experienced experts appreciate the impressions of sommeliers and representatives of the gastronomy reports the courier .

The Burgenland winning wines

The selection of the best wines from Burgenland is impressive and diverse. The following wineries and their excellent drops made it to the winning wine:

• Weingut Remushhof Jagschitz (Oslip): "2022 Leithaberg DAC Pinot Blanc Ried Steinnelke" (category: Leithaberg DAC)
• Winery Hahnekamp-Sailer (Großhöflein): "2022 Burgenland Cuvée 'Meteor'" (category: red wine strong)
• Weingut Günter + Regina Triebaumer (Rust): "2023 Ruster outbreak DAC Gelber Muskateller" (category: Ruster outbreak DAC)
• Weingut Urbanikeller Pillinger (Mönchhof): "2022 Neusiedlersee DAC Reserve Zweigelt Heideboden" (category: Neusiedlersee DAC)
• Weingut Königshofer (Neusiedl am See): "2024 Burgenland Spätlese Muskat-Ottonel Ried Neuberg" (category: fruit sweet wines)
• Winery & Guestau Gangl (Illmitz): "2021 Burgenland TBA Sämling 88 Ried Neufeld" (category: noble sweet wines)
• Migsich winery (Antau): "2024 Rosalia Dac Rosé Blaufrenkisch‘ The Origin of Rosé ’" (category: Rosalia Dac)
• Eichenwald winery (Horitschon): "2022 Middle Burgenland DAC Reserve Blaufränkisch Ried Dürrau‘ The Mirestial Blitz ’" (category: Mittelburgenland DAC)
• Weingut Stubits (German Schützen Eisenberg): "2022 Eisenberg DAC Blaufrenkisch Ried Fasching" (category: Eisenberg DAC)

The variety of award -winning wines clearly shows the stylistic width of the Burgenland offer, which ranges from fresh rosé to the noble -sweet dry berry. Sustainability, which is becoming increasingly important, was a central theme of this year's salon. Many of the excellent wineries are environmentally conscious How wine tourism holds Burgenland .

a festival for the senses

For the first time since the pandemic, the award took place again on a large scale, which promoted the personal exchange between winegrowers and wine lovers. Christian Zechmeister, Managing Director of Wein Burgenland, emphasized the enormous importance of the salon for the winemakers and their efforts for quality and ecologically sustainable viticulture. Not only the jury was thrilled, the guests were also able to enjoy these outstanding wines in a convivial atmosphere.

It is clear that the Salon Austria remains a highlight in the calendar for all wine lovers and a shop window for the quality of the Burgenland wines. On another year full of outstanding drops!