Take part with your wines in the wine award “Golden Wine Glass”

The professionally guided blind tasting with sommelier Alexander Gobin, involving around 50 VIP jurors, will take place on Friday, 7 February 2026 at the Austria Trend Hotel – Congress Innsbruck.

The date was deliberately scheduled two weeks prior to the trade fair so that the ten finalist wines in each category can already be extensively presented in advance by the media partner TIROLERIN across print and social media channels. A TIROLERIN editorial team will be present on site during the blind tasting.

In addition, the organiser will present all finalists via further communication channels, including social media, the trade fair website and press releases.

The Gold, Silver and Bronze winners will be officially announced before the start of the fair, ensuring that the award benefit can be optimally utilised throughout all fair days.

The finalists will be published step by step:
On 9 February 2026 the 10 finalists,
on 19 February 2026 the Top 5 finalists,
on 26 February 2026 (first day of the fair) the winners will be announced before the start of the fair.

The awarded wines will receive a certificate, medal stickers and corresponding media coverage. The winners are already listed in the tasting catalogue.

The VIP jurors:
More information about our VIP jurors can be found here!

The following wines may be tasted and submitted:

Category White Wines:
Vintage 2024 or 2025

No sparkling wines

No maturation in barrique or tonneaux barrels

Wines matured in stainless steel, concrete or amphorae, or in wooden barrels of at least 1,000 litres that have been filled at least six times previously are permitted

Category Red Wines:
Vintage 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

No sparkling wines

No maturation in barrique or tonneaux barrels

Wines matured in stainless steel, concrete or amphorae, or in wooden barrels of at least 1,000 litres that have been filled at least six times previously are permitted

Category Rosé Wines:
Vintage 2024 or 2025

No sparkling wines

No maturation in barrique or tonneaux barrels

Wines matured in stainless steel, concrete or amphorae, or in wooden barrels of at least 1,000 litres that have been filled at least six times previously are permitted

Additional submission guidelines, registration deadline:
Up to 3 wines per category may be submitted per winery (thus a maximum of 9 different wines). However, participation is limited to 50 wines per category.
The latest possible submission date is 15 January 2026!
The “first come, first serve” principle applies.

Registration for wine submission

Entry fee:
First wine per category € 50 net;
each additional wine per category € 40 net!

Option – registration via online form:
“Submit your wines for tasting via the online form here”

Option – registration via paper form – download:
“Submit your wines for tasting via the paper form for printing here”