The next morning each of the four groups was hustled onto early morning buses to embark on their separate journeys. Our bus took us to the Weinviertel DAC where we learned a little bit more about the region and had an opportunity to taste through many wines not available in the US. The Weinviertel DAC [...]

Our sincerest apologies for the delay in covering what was an unbelievably fantastic event, but the truth is time away from the office drinking Austrian wine is less time in the office writing about Austrian wine… so we hope you’ll forgive us on principle. So, let’s get right to it: Saturday, May 28th, over 170 [...]

June 3, 2011 – Austria’s wine country is indeed beautiful – but it is even more beautiful when experienced personally. No one knows this better than the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (AWMB), which is why the organisation invites the most important international wine specialists to Austria for the incomparable bi-annual Wine Summit. Through a range [...]

March 29, 2011 – German Publishers MEININGER present AWMB with the “Award for Outstanding Achievement”, the Special Jury Award. Meininger Award 2011: Willi Klinger (AWMB) and Ilka Lindemann (editor in chief Weinwelt) © MEININGER VERLAG/ Ralf Ziegler “Vienna, Schnitzel and Kaiserschmarren are not the only things that have made Austria famous; its wine has as [...]