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AWC

The "International Austrian Wine Challenge" took place for the first time in Vienna(Austria) in 2004. The founder and inventor was the Viennese winery owner Michael Edlmoser. In the process, 4,126 wines from ten nations were evaluated. All wines are tasted anonymously (blind) in individual tasting booths at the Höhere Bundeslehranstalt und Bundesamt für Weinbau in Klosterneuburg and graded according to the international 100-point system. In each category (different grape varieties, predicates, fortified wines, sparkling wines) the wine with the highest number of points receives the "Austrian trophy". The "International trophy" is awarded to the wine that achieves the highest number of points of all wines submitted in all variety categories (separated into white, red and sweet wines). For the "International trophy" category "Winery of the year", the best ten wines of a producer or winemaker that have achieved 80 points or more are added together. Wines from 80 to 84.9 points receive a Seal of Approval, from 85 to 89.9 a silver medal and from 90 points a gold medal.

AWC - Wiener Rathaus, Goldmedaille, Wiener Rathaus Festsaal

Furthermore, the wineries are rated with one to three stars. For this, the six highest-rated wines of a winery are taken and the number of points added. One star is awarded for at least an average of 88 points, two stars for at least 89.5 points and three stars for at least 91 points. At the 12th event in 2015, 11,611 wines from 1,650 producers from 40 countries on all five continents were evaluated. Around 33,000 bottles of wines were tested by 300 tasters. The trophies were awarded and the best wineries were presented at the "Gala Night of Wine" in Vienna's City Hall in front of more than 3,000 invited professional guests. The "International Austrian Wine Challenge Vienna" has become the world's largest wine competition. It is the only international wine competition in Austria that is officially recognised by the EU as a wine evaluation. This includes the right to apply the AWC awards (stickers, medals) to the bottles. See also under awards, wine speech, wine evaluation and wine events.

Vienna City Hall: by Thomas Ledl - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Wiener Rathaus Festsaal: by Gryffindor - Own work, Public domain, Link

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