The "International Austrian Wine Challenge" took place for the first time in Vienna(Austria) in 2004. The founder and inventor was the Viennese winery owner Michael Edlmoser. A total of 4,126 wines from ten nations were judged. All wines are tasted at the Klosterneuburger Weinbauinstitut (HBLA) in the form of a blind tasting in individual tasting booths and graded according to the international 100-point system. In each category (different grape varieties, Prädikat wines, fortified wines, sparkling wines), the wine with the highest number of points is awarded the "Austrian trophy".
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