Today, we also give the award to those wineries that have recently caught our eye in a particularly positive way and that convince us with especially independent wines and ranges - and of which we are certain that they are in the process of establishing themselves at the absolute top of the region.
The "Discovery of the Year" is awarded to those wineries that have recently attracted our attention with the greatest leap in quality in the respective region and which we can only recommend to every wine lover who wants to get to know new, not yet universally known top winemakers.
Whether or not we can award a prize also depends on how representative the wine entries from the respective region turned out to be, but also on how complete the eligible wineries submitted and how good the overall level is. So we may have no award winners at all for some areas, and possibly only one collection or discovery of the year for others.