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The culture of distilled spirits has materially improved over the last 15 years due to many measures taken, but can still not be compared to the improvement in the image of wine. National and international wine events and judgings, educational efforts by institutions and associations and other “spiritual” accents have caused distilleries to produce more and more products of a superior quality, which caused gourmets to develop and practice a more sophisticated taste for their products, aided through the efforts set by the and in the cult-sites of spirits in all their many facets – in gastronomy, hotels and the trade.

trade fair in Klagenfurt: Golden times for the best spirits and distillates

Wolfram Ortner organised a successful fourth round of the prize award ceremony and exhibition at the GAST trade fair in Klagenfurt – from March 15th to 18th, 2009 – which lived up to the slogan “Simply the Best in Spirits”. The Fair’s Managing Director, Ing. Erich Hallegger, is thrilled about the partnership that brings synergies for the organisers with regard to both marketing and event-organisation; and fair visitors can take advantage of the extensive sampling of appealing spirits from all over the world!

The star of the “World-Spirits 2009” is the styrian distiller Franz Tinnauer (Fruchtbrennerei) who won the “World-Spirits Award” in gold for the “Distillery of the Year”.