The Grand International Organic Wine Award MUNDUS VINI BIOFACH 2022
At the now 13th edition of the Grand International Organic Wine Award, nearly 500 organic wines from 13 countries faced the international jury of experts in the competition in mid-January.
Overall, the nearly 30 organic wine experts who came to the tasting confirmed the increasing qualities of the organic wines entered in the competition.
With one Grand Gold, 85 Gold and 108 Silver medals were awarded to the best wines. The nine best wines in their category were additionally honored with the special award "Best Organic Wine".
The most successful origin for organic wines this year is again Italy, which leads the ranking with 28 gold and 39 silver medals. For the first time, France lands in second place this year with 20 gold and silver medals each. Spanish organic wines also impressed with 1 Grand Gold, 13 Gold and 19 Silver medals. The successful quintet of origins is completed by Germany (11 gold and 16 silver) and Austria with 4 gold and 8 silver medals for the wines submitted.
Fattoria La Vialla (international, 4 gold and 5 silver medals) and Weingut Porzelt (national, 4 gold and 3 silver medals) were awarded Organic Winery of the Year.
Head of tasting Christian Wolf emphasizes that organic wines have long since changed in terms of quality and customer perception: "While a few years ago it may really have been the case that organic wines could not always keep up with their conventional counterparts in terms of quality, we have seen immense leaps in quality in the development of recent years. Organic wine today is definitely no longer defined exclusively and primarily by its organic cultivation, but by its quality and additionally by its ecological aspects."
The BIOFACH/VIVANESS trade fair, where the award ceremony for the successful organic wineries is traditionally celebrated, will take place this year from July 26 - 29, 2022.
The physical award ceremony will then also take place there on the first day of the trade fair. A virtual award ceremony will take place shortly.
