Competitions - First-class wine-growers and vineyards

All wines and vineyards recommended by us have competed successfully in the following competitions:

Bavarian State Award of Honor

Every year, the Bavarian State Minister of Agriculture and Forestry awards four wineries (three wineries until 2013) a State Honor Prize for outstanding achievements. This special prize is awarded in each case to the winery that has achieved the best award quota in its respective size category over the past three years and thus can boast the highest proportion of award-winning wines in its total production. This award honors the consistent pursuit of quality over many years that distinguishes a top winery.

Best of Gold

With the "Best of Gold" competition, the Franconian Winegrowers' Association selects the ten best Franconian wines each year. All Franconian wines that have previously won a gold medal at the Franconian Wine Awards can qualify for this competition. That is an average of about 360 wines over the years.

Silvaner Forum

The Silvaner Forum e.V. was founded in 1998 to "give one of the most important German wine varieties a platform as well as more profile and to make it even better known," according to the association's chairman, Ferdinand Fürst zu Castell-Castell. Every two years, the association launches the International Silvaner Award. The competition aims to promote and strengthen awareness of the Silvaner grape variety both among the wine-interested public and within the wine industry itself. The Golden Pruning Shears Award stands as a symbol of directing vineyard performance toward quality and treating each vine individually.