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Lower Austria celebrates the best winemakers at the big wine festival!
On June 19, 2025, the Lower Austria Wine Gala will take place in the St. Pölten Festival Hall, where the best winemakers in Lower Austria will be honored.
Lower Austria celebrates the best winemakers at the big wine festival!
On June 19, 2025, the Lower Austrian Wine Gala took place in the St. Pölten Festival Hall, where 24 outstanding winemakers were awarded the title “State Winner 2025”. The awards were ceremoniously presented by State Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner. In total there were 5,500 wines submitted from around 900 companies, representing all eight wine-growing regions in Lower Austria. The total area of viticulture in Lower Austria is a remarkable 27,000 hectares, which shows how important viticulture is in this region.
The Johann Gisperg winery from Teesdorf was particularly honored, receiving the title “Winemaker of the Year”. In addition, numerous state winners were awarded in various categories. The categories included a variety of wines that reflect the diversity of Lower Austrian viticulture.
The state winners in detail
- Burgundermacher-Weingut Johann Gisperg (Teesdorf) – Burgunder rot trocken
- Familienweingut Berger (Röschitz) – Burgunder weiß trocken
- Weingut und Buschenschank Greilinger (Schöngrabern) – Grüner Veltliner klassisch
- Weingut Steininger (Langenlois) – Prädikatsweine
- Weingut Familie Wallner (Obersdorf) – Landessieger Andere Sorten weiß und Cuvées weiß trocken
- Wein- und Sektkellerei Karl Inführ (Klosterneuburg) – Qualitätsschaumweine, Sekt und Sekt g.U.
- NÖ Landesweingut Retz-Gut Altenberg – Andere Sorten weiß halbtrocken bis 90g RZ
- Winzerhof Altmann (Trasdorf) – Orangeweine/Naturalweine
- Weingut Kellner (Pulkau) – Perlweine und Schaumweine
- Baumhausweine (Gobelsburg) – NÖ Spezialitäten weiß trocken
- Weingut Öhler (Groß-Schweinbarth) – PIWI Sorten
- Weingut Leo und Dagmar Wunderer (Oberfellabrunn) – Welschriesling trocken
- Weingut Johannes Burger (Kalladorf) – Sauvignon Blanc trocken
- Weingut Familie Schlager (Sooß) – Rotwein Cuvées trocken
- Weingut Reithmaer (Gobelsburg) – Rosé alle Sorten trocken
- Weingut Zeitlberger (Großweikersdorf) – Schmeckerte trocken
- Weingut Edlinger (Furth) – Riesling trocken
- Bio-Weingut Frühwirth (Teesdorf) – Gereifte Riedenweine rot 2021 oder älter trocken
- Weingut Jungmayr (Ebersbrunn) – Grüner Veltliner kräftig trocken
- Weingut Hagn (Mailberg) – Zweigelt trocken
- Weingut Laurer (Deinzendorf) – Andere Rotweinsorten trocken
- Weingut Julius Klein (Pernersdorf) – Grüner Veltliner Riedenweine gereift 2022 oder älter trocken
- Weingut Schwertführer 47er (Sooss) – Gereifte Riedenweine weiß 2022 oder älter trocken
Lower Austria winner tasting
The day before the Lower Austria Wine Gala, on June 18, 2025, the Lower Austrian Winner Tasting took place in the same festival hall. This event offered the opportunity to taste over 300 top wines from Lower Austria and talk to renowned winemakers. The tasting was organized by the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture and Wine of Lower Austria. Entry was 20 euros and dogs were not allowed. Visitors could easily travel from Vienna by train within 35 minutes.
The Lower Austrian State Wine Awards are considered the largest independent wine competition in the state and include more than 5,500 entries in 24 categories. The variety of wines ranges from still and sparkling to classic and strong to mature wines and rosé. This wide range illustrates the high quality and great diversity of Lower Austrian viticulture.
Overall, viticulture in Lower Austria is not only a cultural heritage, but also an important economic factor. The vineyard base survey regularly provides comprehensive data on the number of businesses, size structure and cultivated areas, which are important for one of the most important sectors of Austrian agriculture. This data is updated at regular intervals and contributes to the sustainable promotion and development of viticulture. According to Statistik.at, the aim is to convert the viticulture cadastre to an INVEKOS basis in the future in order to optimize the management of viticulture.
The Lower Austrian winemaking president Reinhard Zöchmann and the reigning Lower Austrian wine queen Laura Hummel underline the relevance of events such as the Lower Austrian wine gala and the Lower Austrian winner tasting not only for the winemakers, but also for wine lovers and the entire region.
Further information about the Lower Austrian Wine Gala and the award-winning winemakers can be found on the Website of the state of Lower Austria and to the Lower Austrian winner tasting Wine Lower Austria.