New President

Andrea Holzapfel/ April 1, 2026/ News

Neuer President CHANGE AT THE TOP OF THE RENOWNED WINERIES OF BURGENLAND Andi Kollwentz becomes President of the Renowned Wineries of Burgenland. After nine years as President of the Renowned Wineries of Burgenland, Kurt Feiler is stepping down and taking a step back. Andi Kollwentz is now taking over as President. He was unanimously elected at the general meeting in

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Vinaria Trophy 2026

Andrea Holzapfel/ March 9, 2026/ News

Vinaria Trophy 2026 VINARIA TROPHY FOR THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WINEMAKERS! VINARIA, Austria´s magazine for wine culture, honored the winning winemakers of the major tastings with the covetes VINARIA TROPHY. The prestigious award ceremony took place on February 25th in the Austrian Parliament. - A GOLD TROPHY was awarded to the Sauvignon Blanc Methusalemreben Ried Steinmühle from Kollwentz Winery. - With

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Falstaff Red Wine Guide 2026

Andrea Holzapfel/ December 16, 2025/ News

Falstaff Red Wine Guide 2026 FALSTAFF RED WINE GUIDE 2026 November 2025. Top rankings at the FALSTAFF Red Wine Awards for RWB wineries! The winners in each category were once again honored at the festive Red Wine Gala in the Hofburg Palace! The overall FALSTAFF winner went to the highest-scoring wine from the 2023 vintage. This year's FALSTAFF winner is

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Austrian Wine of the Year

Andrea Holzapfel/ December 16, 2025/ News

Austrian Wine of the Year Award for CHARDONNAY GLORIA 2023! October 2025. Sensational rating for Weingut Kollwentz from James Suckling. 99 points for the CHARDONNAY GLORIA 2023! James Suckling named the Gloria 2023 "Austrian Wine of the Year"! Weingut Kollwentz also received high marks for its other wines! "Congratulations on the amazing quartet of 2023 vintage single-vineyard Chardonnay wines, the

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Falstaff Burgundy Trophy 2025

Andrea Holzapfel/ December 16, 2025/ News

Falstaff Burgundy Trophy 2025 BURGENLAND ALL IN WHITE! Every year, the FALSTAFF BURGUNDY TROPHY highlights the white Burgundy varieties that produce a large variety of excellent wines in Burgenland. Three first places at the FALSTAFF BURGUNDY TROPHY 2025! - The CHARDONNAY TROPHY in the RESERVE category went to Weingut Paul Achs with their 2021 Chardonnay Ried Altenberg. - The victory

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100 Parker Points

Andrea Holzapfel/ December 16, 2025/ News

100 Parker Points 100 Parker points! A real sensation! The "Wine Advocate", one of the most renowned wine magazines of the world rated the TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE WELSCHRIESLING 1995 vinified by UMATHUM WINERY with 100 points. Umathum´s 1995 Trockenbeerenauslese Welschriesling is thus one of only four wines in Austria to have been awarded  with 100 Parker points. Josef Umathum is justifiably proud

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Gault&Millau Wine Guide 2026

Andrea Holzapfel/ November 30, 2025/ News

Gault&Millau Wine Guide 2026   Gault&Millau Wine Guide 2026 Burgenland clearly dominates the sweet wine category. Grandmaster Kurt Feiler achieved the highest score of 98 points for the Ruster Ausbruch 2023. Top ratings for the RWB wineries also in the red wine category! Andi Kollwentz leads the set of top red wines in the "Cuvée red" category with the Steinzeiler

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Rot Goldene Traube 2025

Andrea Holzapfel/ October 28, 2025/ News

Rot-Goldene Traube 2025 Rot-Goldene Traube 2025 The "Rot-Goldene Traube" was awarded for the 4th time in October, 2025. "Rot-Goldene Traube" award for the Gesellmann Winery. Albert Gesellmann won the Burgundy category with the Chardonnay Ried Steinriegel 2023. The Kollwentz Winery was also awarded for the Chardonnay Ried Katterstein 2023. We warmly conratulate! Photo: © Wein Burgenland back to News

Anton Kollwentz Anniversary

Andrea Holzapfel/ September 8, 2021/ News

Anton Kollwentz Anniversary ANTON KOLLWENTZ - the doyen of Burgenland viticulture - is celebrating his 80th birthday! On the occasion of the anniversary, a book about the exceptional winemaker was published: "THE WINE PIONEER ANTON KOLLWENTZ" - the story of a Burgenland wine dynasty (published in German) by Johann Werfring Anton Kollwentz is rightly regarded as one of the pioneers

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100 Parker Points

Andrea Holzapfel/ June 7, 2021/ News

100 Parker Points 100 Parker points! A real sensation! The "Wine Advocate", one of the most renowned wine magazines of the world rated the RUSTER AUSBRUCH 2014 vinified by Ernst Triebaumer with 100 points. This is the 2nd time that an Austrian wine got the highest rating of 100 Parker points. Top! Top-Ratings also for Kurt Feiler from FEILER-ARTINGER Winery:

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