Vienna Wine Prize 2025: The best wines from the town hall festival!

Vienna Wine Prize 2025: The best wines from the town hall festival!

On June 4, 2025, the time had come again: The best wines of the year were awarded in the stylish arcade courtyard of the Vienna City Hall at the “Wiener Wine Prize 2025”. Mayor Michael Ludwig (SPÖ) honored the winners in a solemn gala that underlined the importance of Vienna viticulture. This year, 57 wine-growing companies presented a total of 390 wines, from which the jury Kürte Kürte, who received the coveted Viennese wine price seal. The "mixed sentence" in particular was highlighted, which recorded most of the submissions - proud 109 wines belonged to this category. Other popular varieties were green Veltliner, Riesling and Zweigelt, who are also very popular and adorned the podium. Meinverkirk reports that…

Against the background of a challenging winegrowing season 2024, in which a hot and dry summer was followed by heavy rain in September, the winemakers are happy about the awards. Despite the damage to the vineyards, the grapes survived the rain well, which ripened the years, fruity and shone with a fresh acidity. During the gala, wine queen Katharina Beranek also emphasized the gratifying future of Vienna viticulture and the outstanding quality of the wines in this region. LKO emphasizes that ...

double winner and special wines

The tension at the award ceremony was tangible, especially when the double winners were announced. Karl Lentner from the Karl Lentner winery convinced both with the "Viennese mixed sentence" and the "Ried Kirchberg Alte Reben 2024". Rainer Christ from the Christmas winery won two prizes in the Riesling and Chardonnay categories. The Mayer winery on the parish square, under the direction of Wolfgang Hofer with his Grauburgunder and Zweigelt private Grande Reserve, was also able to look forward to the awards.

Furthermore, Michael Edlmoser from the Edlmoser winery presented his frizzante Blanc de Blancs, while Philipp Schmidt was able to score with his Viennese mixed set of Bisamberg in 2024. This variety of high -quality wines impressively shows that the Viennese winemakers have a good knack for excellent products. The full list of winning wines and wine-growing companies is available on wienerweinpreis.at.

a festival for the Viennese wine

The event not only a celebration of the best wines, but also a future -oriented festival for the entire industry. In addition to the winegrowers, climate -friendly urban politicians, such as the climate councilor Jürgen Czernohorszky, were present, which underlines support and cohesion for local wine production. In view of the economic importance of this sector, it becomes clear that Vienna viticulture continues to aim for promising growth.