Hans Tschida writes sweet wine history. For the 10th time, the Illmitz winemaker was named “Sweet Winemaker of the Year” by the International Wine Challenge in London. The competition is considered the most important and influential in the world.

Hans Tschida was named “Sweet Winemaker of the Year” at the International Wine Challenge for the ninth time. The competition is considered the most important and influential in the world and once again puts Austria in the spotlight of the wine world.

Hans Tschida was named “Sweet Winemaker of the Year” at the International Wine Challenge for the eighth time. The competition is considered the most important and influential in the world and once again puts Austria in the spotlight of the wine world.

10/2018

The 2018 grape harvest will probably go down in history – as a harvest that got off to a particularly early start. The first varieties were harvested at the end of July. An unusually early start. Thanks to the favorable weather conditions, the grape harvest is progressing at the same pace as it began. The Angerhof-Tschida winery in Illmitz announced the start of the Trockenbeerenauslese harvest on September 18.

“That’s earlier than ever before. We are a month earlier than in an average year. Normally, the Spätlese grapes are harvested now,” explains winemaker Hans Tschida. The sweet wine specialist cannot remember such an early harvest of a Trockenbeerenauslese.

The quality of the grapes is excellent Tschida is more than satisfied with the quality of the grapes. He is currently harvesting the early Bouvier variety. 60 percent of the grapes show botrytis, 40 percent healthy fruit. “This can only be a good Trockenbeerenauslese with so many healthy grapes. From my experience, I expect a very fruity, harmonious wine.”

Harvesting at Tschida is expected to continue until mid-November, until (almost) all the grapes have been collected. And then it will be particularly exciting: “We want to produce an ice wine again this year, although that is always a risk. However, grapes from five hectares of vineyard remain. These are reserved for the ice wine. So the harvest time will remain exciting for us for a very long time,” Tschida smiles in an interview with BVZ.

The Illmitz winery mainly produces sweet wines, as well as red wines, which make up around 30 percent of total production. The Seewinkler exports his wines to China, the USA, England, Poland, Scandinavia, Ukraine, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France.

10/2018 We are particularly pleased that our Muskat Ottonel Auslese 2017 is being served as a sweet wine in Business Class. In a global selection process for sweet wines, our wine was selected as the only Austrian representative.

09/2018
There are no better sweet wines, only others. That is the perfect slogan for this world-class winery. Such clear-as-a-bell, extremely precise wines are extremely rare. The 2017 vintage has become exceptional in the hands of Hans Tschida. The Gelber Muskateller is incredibly typical and elegant. New: Rosekko – a frizzante from Zweigelt, an incredibly invigorating sparkling wine. New: Merlot Spätlese – a tart beauty. The Spätlese and Auslese wines are of such indescribable quality, almost too good to be true. The TBA Sämling is simply captivating. The best is yet to come: sensational vinophile treasures are still slumbering in the tanks. Beerenauslese and TBA from the most diverse grape varieties will make your head spin. These will be filled in the fall. The perfect gift for Christmas. PS: great addictive potential!

07/2018
Some of the world’s best sweet wine winemakers come from Burgenland. One of them is Hans Tschida from Illmitz. His quest for quality in grape production and his subtle flair in the cellar define his award-winning wines; 70 percent of his wine production is in the Prädikat wine category. The climate on Lake Neusiedl helps him here, as it could hardly be better for the production of botrytis wines. When the grapes already have a sufficiently high sugar level in the fall and the early mists set in, the berries are infested with the desired noble mould almost overnight. A nightmare for the red wine growers in northern Burgenland, a gift from nature to the sweet wine producers.
Stylistically, the wines from Angerhof impress with their varietal typicity and elegance. They tend to be reductive, and Hans Tschida usually prefers the lower sugar levels. Viscous, syrupy essences are not his thing. The drinkability of his products is extremely important to him. His wines are never sticky, and he is a fan of the Lüss vineyard because the wines from there usually have an acidity level that is one per mille higher. The Sämling is the variety with which the winery has built up an excellent reputation. However, he is also particularly fond of his Spätlese and Auslese wines. They are the entry-level wines if you want to approach the subject of sweet wine. And once you try it, you can’t keep your hands off it anyway.

07/2015
Hans Tschida from the Angerhof Tschida winery has performed superbly at the IWC in London for the fifth time in a row and can once again call himself “Sweet Winemaker of the Year” in 2015. The wines of the Illmitz sweet wine star have been awarded a total of 40 IWC gold, 36 silver and four bronze medals as well as 19 trophies since 2010. This year there were four gold, three silver, four bronze and three trophies for the best gold medal wine in its category: Austrian Icewine Trophy for the Grüner Veltliner Eiswein 2012 Sämling 88 Trophy for the Sämling Trockenbeerenauslese 2008 Muscat Ottonel Trophy for the Muskat Ottonel Schilfwein 2009 With his extraordinary success, Hans Tschida has not only put Illmitz and its region but also the whole of Austria in the international spotlight. The sweet wine champion successfully beat Bruce Nicholson from the Inniskillin winery in Canada and Klaus Kuhn from the Staatlicher Hofkeller Würzburg.

07/2015
Some of the world’s best sweet wine winemakers come from Burgenland. One of them is Hans Tschida from Illmitz. His absolute striving for quality in grape production and his subtle flair in the cellar define his award-winning wines. 70 percent of his wine production is in the Prädikat wine category. The climate on Lake Neusiedl helps him here, as it could hardly be better for the production of botrytis wines. When the grapes already have a sufficiently high sugar level in the fall and the early mists set in, the berries are infested with the desired noble mould almost overnight. A nightmare for the red wine growers in northern Burgenland, a gift of nature to the sweet wine producers.
Stylistically, the wines from the Angerhof are characterized by their varietal typicity and elegance. They tend to be reductive, and Hans Tschida usually prefers the lower sugar levels. Viscous, syrupy essences are not his thing. The drinkability of his products is extremely important to him. His wines are never sticky, and he is a fan of the Lüss vineyard because the wines from there usually have an acidity level that is one per mille higher. The Sämling is the variety with which the winery has built up an excellent reputation. However, he is also particularly fond of his Spätlese and Auslese wines. They are the entry-level wines, so to speak, if you want to approach the subject of sweet wine. And once you try it, you can’t keep your hands off it anyway.

11/2014
Hans Tschida understands his fruity-sweet craft and can even compete with the world’s top sweet wine producers. He has already proven this impressively many times. The Spätlese cuvée with its juicy, easy-drinking fruit already demonstrates his expertise. The large Beerenauslese wines are simply liquid gold.

10/2014
“Even I was nervous this year,” says Hans Tschida. “We had perfect grapes without botrytis until the late harvest, then the botrytis came, but it wasn’t easy to stop, but we are very happy with the final results.” So we don’t have to worry about the Angerhof. Hans Tschida, his wife Lisa and son Andreas have everything under control and run a winery that regularly produces world-class sweet wines for many years. The fully ripe 2012 vintage is already a lot of fun with its present exoticism and comparatively candied fruit impressions, and the Beerenauslese wines are already very high quality for the vintage, such as the Sämling. The best wine of the medium predicates is the Chardonnay Beerenauslese, which is in a class of its own in its complexity combined with unprecedented drinking pleasure. Primus inter Pares is the TBA version of the Sämling, harvested on December 1st: Not only a benchmark for the variety, region and vintage, but also a high predicate that can once again compete with the best sweet wines in the world.

08/2014
Some of the world’s best sweet wine winemakers come from Burgenland. One of them is Hans Tschida from Illmitz. His absolute striving for quality in grape production and his subtle flair in the cellar are the hallmarks of his award-winning wines. 70 percent of his range is in the Prädikat wine category. The climate on Lake Neusiedl helps him here, as it could hardly be better for the production of botrytis wines. When the grapes already have a sufficiently high sugar content in the fall and the early mists set in, the berries are infested with the desired noble mould almost overnight. A nightmare for the red wine growers in northern Burgenland, a gift of nature to the sweet wine producers. Stylistically, the wines from Angerhof impress with their varietal typicity and elegance. They tend to be reductive, and Hans Tschida usually prefers the lower sugar levels.
Thick, syrupy essences are not his thing. The drinkability of his products is extremely important to him. His wines are never sticky, and he is a fan of the Lüss vineyard because the wines from there usually have an acidity level that is one per mille higher. The Sämling is the variety with which the winery has built up an excellent reputation. However, he is also particularly fond of his Spätlese and Auslese wines. They are the entry-level wines, so to speak, if you want to approach the subject of sweet wine. And once you try it, you can’t keep your hands off it anyway.