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The Ultimate Austrian Wineguide 2023/24

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IMPRINT falstaff ULTIMATE WINE GUIDE Copyright © 2023 by Falstaff Publications Ltd. (Falstaff Verlags GmbH) All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Peter Moser is hereby identified as author of this work in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Editor in chief: Peter Moser Managing editor: Petra Kirchmayer Editor: Claudia Schindlmaisser Tasting assistant: Konstantin Schindlmaisser Translation: Artemis Burger Art director: Marcus Wiesner Art Dir. Marketing & Sales: Thomas Kepplinger Producer: Michael Lenhart Technical support: Robert Pleniger Supported by: Georg Morawitz-Holeschofsky Noah Neururer First published in 2002 by Falstaff Publications Ltd. Schottenring 2-6, A - 1010 Vienna, Austria Printed by ppm Fulda GmbH & Co. KG Peter Moser Born in 1961 in Krems, descendant of the famous Austrian wine dynasty. Since 1997 he has been Editor-in-Chief of the Falstaff magazine, responsible for the wine department. He has travelled the world’s wine regions since the mid-1980s, but his expertise lies in the field of Austrian wine. The Falstaff Weinguide is an annual compilation of Moser’s scores and wine descriptions of Austria’s leading wineries. (E-Mail: peter.moser@falstaff.com) Falstaff Publications Ltd. Publisher: Angelika and Wolfgang M. Rosam Managing director: Elisabeth Kamper, Wolfgang M. Rosam, Ronald Tomandl The publishing house, estab lished in 1980 in Vienna by Hans Dibold and Dr. Helmut Romé, publishes ten issues per year of the wine and gourmet magazine Falstaff in German language, the Falstaff Weinguides presenting Österreich/Nachbarländer, Deutschland, Italien, Schweiz, the Falstaff Rotweinguide Österreich (E-Mail: wein@falstaff.com), the Falstaff Restaurantguide, Beizenguide, Barguide (E-Mail: guides@falstaff.com) and numerous other guides. (www.falstaff.com) Frankfurter Straße 8 36043 Fulda www.ppm-fulda.de 4 falstaff WINE GUIDE 2023/24

EDITORIAL DEAR READERS, DEAR FRIENDS OF AUSTRIAN WINE We are delighted to present the 26th edition of this guide, in which you will find more great wines across all local varietals and categories than ever before. Thanks to a whole series of excellent vintages since 2015, with the exception of the frost-ridden year of 2016 (and what little there was is not to be dismissed), wine enthusiasts have been blessed by Mother Nature and the work of our winemakers. Although the war in Ukraine and persistent inflation have left their mark on the economy, the end of the Corona pandemic has hastened the revival of the wine industry. Trade fairs and presentations have resumed in their usual format and are well received, and Austrian wines are once again in demand on the international stage, as recently witnessed at the new Falstaff Wine & Gourmet Festival in Baden-Baden, Germany. Let‘s take a brief look back at 2022, which was a very positive year for the country‘s winegrowers. Not only was the quality of the wine very promising in all regions, but the harvest of 2.53 million hectolitres was above the average of 2.38 million hectolitres. Last year, 67.7 million litres of Austrian wine were exported, bringing in 231.3 million euros. According to the Austrian Wine Marketing Association, the most significant increase in value abroad was for wine and sparkling wine. In 2020, Austrian wines were particularly in demand in Canada, the USA and Northern Europe. The downer in 2022 was the United Kingdom (-38.0% value). There it was clearly noticeable that trade had become more difficult and costly as a result of Brexit. In Asia, the volatile Chinese market showed a Peter Moser Editor-in-Chief slight downward trend (-15.8% value) after a healthy increase in 2021 (+77.9% value). After several years of stagnation, positive signals came from Japan, which recorded a significant increase (+61.3%). There was also strong growth in South Korea (+26.4% in value terms), which is beginning to establish itself as a promising future market for Austrian wines. The development of domestic vineyards is encouraging: 20% of the 44,728 hectares are cultivated by winegrowers certified as „Sustainable Austria“, and with 22% of the area certified as organic and/or biodynamic, Austria has already achieved a leading international position. This important development towards organic viticulture is reflected in the top wineries; never before has the proportion of organic wines been as high as in this edition of the Falstaff Wine Guide. Twenty years after the Weinviertel received its first DAC in 2003, the Thermenregion is now the latest region to protect its regionally-typical wines under the DAC sys- 5