The largest officially recognized wine competition in the world

Your Advantage

International market leader of the officially recognized quality – awards
Every year over 1500 producers out of 40 countries benefit from the quality evaluation of awc vienna.

Global Advertising with EU – Approval
awc vienna is officially approved by the EU to organize wine competitions for the purpose of granting wine awards. Advertise with „awc vienna medals“ applied on your wine bottles!

10.824 Wines from 41 Countries (awc vienna 2024)
10.824 wines from all five continents offer you a real challenge.

Moderate Participation Fees
In the international comparison favorable participation fee of € 80.– (for participants in Austria and in the EU: +20% VAT) per wine sample and the awc vienna extra discount: If a wine producer submits 6 wine samples, 3 more wine samples are for free.

Producer Award (Star Winery Evaluation) of the AWC Vienna
By submitting a minimum of 6 wines, your winery also participates in the Producer Award (Star Winery Rating) of the AWC Vienna (see submission conditions). For the *****stars evaluation of wineries, the points of the six highest rated wines of a winery will be added up.

Comprehensive Media Package
Medals and logos can be found in various resolutions in the AWC media package. All downloadable with just one click.

The Tasting

The wines will be tasted at the Federal College and Office of Viniculture and Pomology in Klosterneuburg in single cabins and anonymously only (blind tasting). Wines will be rated according to the international 100 points-system. The panel of experts of awc vienna consists of national and international oenologists, wine experts, sommeliers, gastronomers, wine traders and journalists. The international jury of AWC Vienna 2024 comprised 214 wine experts from 14 nations.

Due to the unswayable blind tasting system and the strict tasting rules  awc vienna is the most challenging  of the world’s  renowned  wine tasting competitions. awc vienna is establishing the highest standards  to honour  the continuously raising quality requirements in the world of wine.

awc vienna Wine Gala Night 2023

The awc vienna 2023-trophies, awards and the presentation of the best wineries will take place in the imperial ambiance of the Vienna City Hall in front of 3.000 invited wine professionals. On this evening, the Vienna City Hall advances to the center of the wine world.

Again awc vienna 2023 could sustain its position as the world’s largest officially recognized wine competition. This year 11.342 wines took part in this ambitious blind tasting. On 30 October  the „Wine Gala Night 2022“, the ceremonial highlight of this exciting challenge, will be celebrated at the city hall of Vienna with some thousand Austrian and international guests.

In the center of attention are the successful wine producers from all over the world. All the invited wine experts are watching the awarding of the trophies of awc vienna 2023 and the presentation of AWC ONLINE.

Despite the problematical wine year in some parts of the world, in the eighth year of its existence awc vienna could perpetuate ist enormous comprehension.The absolutely anonymous tasting system with single-tasting-cabins offer equal chances to each participant.