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Neustadt/Nuremberg, 13 February 2020

MUNDUS VINI BIOFACH 2020:

From strength to strength: Fattoria La Vialla is the best organic wine producer (international), whereas the prize for best national organic wine producer goes to Schwarztrauber

For the eleventh time, the Grand International Wine Award MUNDUS VINI and BIOFACH, the world’s leading trade fair for organic food, held the Grand International Organic Wine Award MUNDUS VINI BIOFACH. Tuscan winery Fattoria La Vialla took the international crown, whereas the Schwarztrauber winery from Neustadt-Mussbach in the Palatinate topped the national ranking. As such, Schwarztrauber submitted the best collection (national) for the fifth time. Fattoria La Vialla was named the best organic wine producer (international) for the sixth time in a row by the international jury.

A total of 543 certified organic wines were tasted in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, with the best ones awarded Silver or Gold medals and even the highly coveted Grand Gold medal. Overall, the 45 members of the international expert jury presented eleven special awards.

MUNDUS VINI BIOFACH 2020 special awards at a glance

Categories Wine Producer Country/Wine areaBest Organic Red Wine

2015 PrunaioloIGT Toscana Rosso

La Spinosa Italy/Tuscany

Best Organic White Wine

2017 OrangeWeissburgunder

Zähringer Germany

Best Organic Monastrell

2019 Talento Ecológico

Ego Bodegas Spain/Murcia

Best Organic Red Wine Germany

2016 Spätburgunder GG, trocken, Bio, VDP

Schlossgut Hohenbeilstein

Germany/Wuerttemberg

Best Organic Red Wine

2017Chemin de

Domaine Gayda

France/Languedoc-Roussillon

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France MoscouBest Organic Sweet Wine

2014 Vin Santo del Chianti Riserva DOC

FattoriaLa Vialla

Italy/Tuscany

Best Organic Cabernet Sauvignon

2016 Casal DuroRosso di Toscana IGT non filtrato

Fattoria La Vialla

Italy/Tuscany

Best Organic Chardonnay

2018 Domaine de la Métairie d'Alon Chardonnay Le Palajo, AOC Limoux

Abbotts & Delaunay

France/Languedoc-Roussillon

Best Organic Riesling

2018 Kastanienbusch Köppel Riesling GG VDP. Große Lage

WeingutDr. Wehrheim

Germany/Palatinate

Best Organic White Wine Italy

2018Mont AlbanoLugana DOC

Casa Vinicola Sartori

Italy/Veneto

Best Organic Red Wine Spain

2016Ventum

Finca Can Axartell

Spain/Balearic Islands

As well as the major European wine-producing countries of Germany, Italy, Spain and France, other participating wines came from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Greece, Hungary, Portugal and South Africa.

Director of Tasting Christian Wolf: ‘This year, we were once again extremely impressed by the varied range of organic wines and their improved quality, with an especially positive development being witnessed in terms of grape varieties like Cabernet Cantor, Cabernet Cubin und Souvignier Gris cultivated especially for organic viticulture. There is still considerable demand for organic wines amongst consumers.’

The Grand International Organic Wine Award MUNDUS VINI BIOFACH is a competition held by the Grand International Wine Award MUNDUS VINI and is open exclusively to certified organic wines from all over the world. It is carried out

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in association with BIOFACH in accordance with the international tasting scheme of the OIV. MUNDUS VINI was founded 19 years ago and is one of the most important wine competitions in the world.

The winners of the Grand International Organic Wine Award MUNDUS VINI BIOFACH 2020 were announced at BIOFACH, the leading international trade fair for organic food (12 –15.2.2020 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg). The awards ceremony was held today at the ‘Experience the World of Wine’ event at BIOFACH.

About the MEININGER VERLAG:The publishing company Meininger Verlag was established in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse in 1903. One of Germany’s oldest specialist publishing companies, it is now being run in the fourth generation of the family by Andrea Meininger-Apfel and Christoph Meininger. In particular, the company specialises in the wine and beverage sector. Alongside its well-known trade journals, the company also organises trade fairs, industry events and conventions. Meininger has successfully made a name for itself internationally with the Grand International Wine Award MUNDUS VINI, which receives more than 11,000 wine submissions each year. Furthermore, the media company also stages numerous wine competitions, such as MUNDUS VINI Nordic, Best of Riesling, Meiningers Deutscher Sektpreis for sparkling wines and Meininger’s Red Wine Award.

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