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In 2024, the jury members will blind taste Sauvignon Blancs from all over the world right in the middle of the STEIERMARK wine region, internationally known as Styria. The competition is organised by vinopres and support by Wein Steiermark will take place at Bildungszentrum für Obst- und Weinbau Silberberg – Landesgut Silberberg in Leibnitz, the regional winemaking school. The supporting program will take participants to the three wine-growing regions of Südsteiermark, Vulkanland Steiermark and Weststeiermark.
“The Sauvignon Blanc variety produces world-class wines across all three regions in Styria. When so many top winemakers focus on one variety, success is inevitable – also very important: the terroir of the Styrian winegrowing region is predestined for this variety.”
Stefan Potzinger, Obmann Wein Steiermark
“We are delighted to welcome the Concours Mondial du Sauvignon back to Austria and to introduce our international guests to the diversity of Austrian wine. Austria’s Sauvignon Blancs are among the most independent and best in the world. We will defend this position once again at the Concours.”
Chris Yorke, Geschäftsführer der ÖWM
Wein Steiermark is the ambassador of wines from Steiermark at home and abroad and supports the winegrowers from Steiermark. Wein Steiermark stands for variety, conviviality and efficiency. With communication and sales promotion measures it pursues the goal of increasing the recognition wines and wineries from Steiermark at home and abroad. The association currently has around 460 member wineries. Winegrowers from Steiermark cultivate 5,096 hectares of vineyard area according to the Wine Cadastre 2020, about 11% of the total Austrian area, and produced a total of 229,313 hectoliters of wine in 2022 according to Statistics Austria, about 9% of the Austrian wine harvest.
We are grateful for the support from our partners:
Wine region Steiermark – a brief overview of the region:
