Austria's Best Wines Are Awarded

Lifestyle & TravelLuxury Goods ♦ Published: September 12, 2022; 20:38 ♦ (Vindobona)

One of the most famous Austrian wine competitions has tested 275 wines this year. SALON as the competition is called has chosen 21 of them as winners. For the first time, the wines were tasted and evaluated according to their origin and not by grape variety.

The proud SALON 2022 winners with Chris Yorke (Managing Director Österreich Wein Marketing GmbH), Susanne I. (Federal Wine Queen), Johannes Schmuckenschlager (President Austrian Winegrowers' Association) / Picture: © ÖWM / Anna Stöcher

Of the 275 wines, 151 wines come from Lower Austria, 77 from Burgenland, 35 from Styria, 9 from Vienna and 3 from Burgenland. The best of these, the 21 SALON winners, come from Burgenland, Lower Austria, Styria and Vienna.

"I congratulate all SALON winemakers very warmly!", Chris Yorke, Managing Director of Austria Wine Marketing, was pleased with the SALON press conference this…