The international "Steinfeder Prize for Wine Journalism", donated by the Wachau Winegrowers' Association Vinea Wachau Nobilis Districtus, has been awarded annually since 1986. It is named after the quality grade or grass species Steinfeder. The prize winner is determined by the board and receives a Steinfeder bush as well as a collection of 72 bottles of Wachau wines of the Smaragd quality level. The previous prize winners were:
- 1986: Dr. Helmut Romé, Falstaff - Austria
- 1987: Heinz-Gert Woschek, Alles über Wein - Germany
- 1988: August F. Winkler, freelance journalist - Austria
- 1989: Dkfm. Wolfgang Petzl, Vinothek St. Stephan - Austria
- 1990: Dr. Peter Breitschopf, journalist - Austria
- 1991: Kurt Grünwald, journalist - Austria
- 1992: Stuart Pigott, wine author and journalist - Germany
- 1993: Rudolf Knoll, wine author and wine critic, Vinum - Germany
- 1994: Dr. Robert Sedlaczek, wine author and publisher, Werner Schima, NEWS - Austria
- 1995: Christoph Wagner, cookbook author, Gault Millau - Austria
- 1996: no prize winner
- 1997: René Gabriel, publicist and wine merchant, WeinWisser - Switzerland
- 1998: Michael Reinartz, Gault Millau - Austria
- 1999: Jancis Robinson, wine author - Great Britain
- 2000: Dr. Georg Schwab, Dr. Viktor Siegl, Dr. Josef Obermaier, Vinaria - Austria
- 2001: Peter Moser, Editor-in-Chief Falstaff - Austria
- 2002: Hans Denk, pastor and wine author - Austria
- 2003: Tim Atkin, wine author - England
- 2004: Christian Grünwald, publisher and editor-in-chief A la Carte - Austria
- 2005: Hans Mahr, RTL Television - Austria
- 2006: David Schildknecht, wine writer, Wine Advocate - USA
- 2007: Paul Op ten Berg, sommelier and wine writer - Netherlands
- 2008: Madeleine Jakits, Editor-in-Chief, Der Feinschmecker - Germany
- 2009: Karl and Martina Hohenlohe, editors of Gault Millau - Austria
- 2010: no award winner
- 2011: Herbert Hacker, wine author - Austria
- 2012: Jens Priewe, wine author - Germany
- 2013: Adi Schmid, sommelier at the Steirereck restaurant (Wien) - Austria
- 2014: no prize winner
- 2015: Gerhard Retter, Sommelier - Germany
- 2016: Paula Bosch, sommelier and author - Germany
- 2017: Josef Schuller, GF Weinakademie - Austria
- 2018: Annemarie Foidl, President Sommelierunion Austria - Austria
- 2019: Anne Krebiehl MW, Journalist - Germany
