Author: FairWine

Wine Bar of the Year is Willi Schlögl and Johannes Schellhorn – Weinbar Freundschaft, Berlin.

Wine merchant of the year “Specialized wine trade” is Ralph Schmitt – Weinhandlung Drexler, Freiburg.

Wine Merchant of the Year 2024 in the “Special Jury Prize” category is
Michael Glück – REWE Glück, Rengsdorf, Michaels Weinwelt.

“Wine Merchant of the Year” in the “Online Retail” category is Lutz Heimrich – Superiore.de, Coswig/Dresden

“Wine Retailer of the Year” in the category “Independent Wine Retailer” is Jörg Hieber – Hieber’s Frische Center KG, Binzen.

Award for sustainable wine concept – the winner is PFANDtastico Primitivo IGT Puglia 2021 0.75l returnable

The award ceremony for the Fair Wine Awards 2024-1 trade and wine competitions was one of the highlights of the event at the networking evening of the EUROVINO wine trade fair on March 3 and 4, 2024 in Karlsruhe.

Impressions of the Fair Wine Award 2023-2 with photos of the award winners during the award ceremony on 3.3.2024 during EUROVINO at Messe Karlsruhe

When I acquired a small vineyard on the Ruwer/Mosel in 2009 as a result of a longer and more intensive stay at our “Ruwertaler Frühling”, the vineyard festival of the Ruwer Valley, climate change was known in principle, but basically still a marginal topic. At the time, the Ruwer was “suffering” from the renaming of…

In a well-known Italian day bar in Munich, I look at the blackboard with the open wines and am amazed: the term “BIO” or “BIODYN” is repeatedly placed in front of individual wines. A glance at the wine list confirms that almost a third of all wines are certified. I ask the boss why BIO…

The tasting for the 1st FairWineAward took place on 25.02.2023 in Landau i.d. Pfalz, in the “Alter Kaufhaus”.