Fair Wine
EU requires information on labels – innovation for the first time for Federweißes There is an innovation in the wine scene that is being implemented for the first time with Federweißes. There is more mandatory information to be included on every bottle. According to a new EU regulation, wines & co. produced after last December … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
The world of wine is undergoing a profound change, which is not only characterized by taste, but also by social and economic influences. Recently I bought and evaluated wines from 9 supermarkets between 4.99 and 14.99 EUR for VINUM. Here is a little pre-Christmas summary! The proportion of organic wines is increasing significantly in all … Read more