Red and Gold Grape '24

Fine wines, great guests & a society return

Red and gold grape 2024 in Oslip: Castle mime Nicholas Ofczarek, "Krone" managing director Gerhard Valeskini, Wein Burgenland chairman Herbert Oschep and provincial father Hans Peter Doskozil (from left).(Bild: Reinhard Judt)

The "Krone" and Burgenland invited guests to the Rot-Goldene Traube, the award ceremony for the country's top winemakers in a rustic setting in Oslip. Not only the father of the province, Hans Peter Doskozil, but also castle actor Nicholas Ofczarek and a "wild deputy" rushed to the Csello mill for the event.

You shouldn't drink a wine, you should bite into it, Hans Moser once said (†1964). The red and gold grape is a reminiscence of this and of the Austrian wine that Burgenland, its winegrowers and the "Krone" are committed to. The award ceremony for the best of the best took place in the cultured and rustic setting of the Csello mill in Oslip (all winners on Wednesday in the "Krone").

Ofczarek like Kylie Minogue?
Nicholas Ofczarek and his wife Tamara didn't miss out either. Will he even join the ranks of VIP winemakers like Kylie Minogue & Co. at some point? "No, I'm much lazier than Kylie Minogue," he said and tasted the wines - just like the group around ex-skiing aces Manfred Pranger and Reinfried Herbst. They are red and gold grape fans. "Yes, we are also social drinkers. But we can't do it like the Burgenlanders," they obviously enjoyed themselves.

Table talk: Maximilian Köllner with Philippa Beck (formerly Strache) and Max Lercher's partner Michaela Grubesa.(Bild: Reinhard Judt)

Austria's head of advertising Astrid Steharnig-Staudinger with Burgenland's head of tourism Didi Tunkl and State Secretary Susanne Kraus-Winkler in Oslip.(Bild: Reinhard Judt)

Vinophile trio: Georg Dornauer traveled from Tyrol, home game for Roland Fürst and Max Lercher rushed over from Burgenland.(Bild: Reinhard Judt)

Ski aces in a wine paradise: Reinfried Herbst and Manfred Pranger flanked Deputy Governor Astrid Eisenkopf.(Bild: Reinhard Judt)

Strache's ex-wife among the tasters
Philippa Beck also had one, look here. The ex-wife of former Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache "celebrated" her society comeback there. We haven't seen her outside of parliament for a long time. The "wild MP" is still there until October 24 - that evening she sat at a coalition table with a Social Democrat, Maximilian Köllner, among others.

Also spotted were: State Premier Hans Peter Doskozil, "Krone" Managing Director Gerhard Valeskini, State Secretary Susanne Kraus-Winkler, Head of Tourism Didi Tunkl, "Krone" Burgenland Editor-in-Chief Philipp Wagner, Wine Burgenland Chairman Herbert Oschep, Austro-Top producer Norbert Blecha and entrepreneur Christian Chytil.