With this year’s spring competition, the Fair Wine Award continues to establish itself as a respected testing authority for sustainably and environmentally friendly produced wines.
The best wines from sustainable wine production, organic wines, wines from resistant and historical grape varieties as well as corresponding sparkling wines and sparkling wines from traditional bottle fermentation as well as experimental wines, natural and orange wines were honored on the occasion of EUROVINO in Karlsruhe.
All award-winning wines from the Fair Wine Awards could also be tasted on site in a special tasting zone during EUROVINO.
During the well-attended networking evening on Sunday, the initiators of the Fair Wine Awards selected the best wines in 5 categories as well as the wine merchants of the year in 4 categories and the wine bar of the year. The following retailers, restaurateurs and winegrowers received an award from Ms. Sabine Kurtz (MdL), State Secretary in the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection:
Independent retail category
- E-Center Zierles, Anja and Marc Zierles, Oer-Erkenschwick
Independent retail stores category
- REWE supermarket in the LÖMA-Center, Björn Keyser, Radebeul
Specialized wine trade category
- Pinard de Picard, Ralf Zimmermann and Dr. Martin Lehnen, Saarwellingen
Category Online trade
- Senti Vini, Bernhard Weigenthaler, Kirchheim near Munich
Wine bar category
- EAST GRAPE Wine Bar, Ralf Müller-Arnold, Frankfurt am Main
The winning wines
The three or, in the case of sparkling wines, four first-place winners with 4 and 5 stars in each of the participating competition categories:
Wines from sustainable production and organic wines
- 2017 Ambrosan Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva, Soc. Agr. Nicolis Angelo e Figli, Valpolicella/Italy
- 2023 Chasselas Réserve dry, Wein- und Obsthof Rüdlin, Baden/Germany
- 2020 Château Mille Roses Haut-Médoc Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, EARL Château Mille Roses, Bordeaux/France
Wines from resistant grape varieties
- 2023 Vinneo Piwi Sauvitage dry, Johannes-Weine, Hörner GbR, Pfalz/Germany
- 2022 Cabernet Blanc dry, Schweder Winery, Palatinate/Germany
- 2022 Roesler Barrique Piwi, BioWeingut Amon, Lower Austria/Austria
Wines from historical grape varieties
- 2024 Viognier dry, Weingut Anselmann, Pfalz/Germany
- 2021 Roter Veltliner ‘S’, Sturm Winery, Palatinate/Germany
- 2023 Vintage Grüner Adelfränkisch, Genheimer Kiltz Winery, Nahe/Germany
Sparkling wine and sparkling wine from classic bottle fermentation
- 2019 Dosage Zero Picardon Blanc, SM SektManufaktur GmbH, Nahe/Germany
- 2020 Schwarzhofberger Riesling Sekt brut, Bischöfliche Weingüter Trier, Mosel/Germany –
- 2022 Silvaner brut, Huck-Wagner Winery, Baden/Germany
- 2021 Rosenzeit Gewürztraminer brut, Monopol Held Sekt b.A., Disibodenberg Winery, Palatinate/Germany
Natural wines, orange wines, experimental wines and wines from alternative fermentation and ageing containers
- 2022 Souvignier Gris “Gegenstück”, Albert Gälweiler Winery, Nahe/Germany
- 2023 Cortese di Gavi, “Orange – Ato Wines”, Castello di Tassarolo, Pirmont/Italy
- 2022 Pinot Gris “Genius”, Monschein Winery, Southeast Styria/Austria
The tasters
The award ceremony
