Gräfes Wein & fein in Radebeul is the Wine Bar of the Year 2026. Matthias Gräfe has now received the Fair Wine Award from Denis Duhme and Michael Kugel at the Eurovino wine fair. In addition to him, vinocentral GmbH (Darmstadt) was honored in the specialist wine retail category, Silkes Weinkeller GmbH (Mettmann) in the online retail category and Weinkellerei Höchst (Frankfurt) with the jury's special prize. Matthias Gräfe and his team's Wein & fein is thus the only representative from eastern Germany among the award winners - just as the numerous prizes for winemakers and wines did not take part in the round of awards.
This is not the first time Matthias Gräfe has been honored. In the Falstaff Barguide 2023, the combination of excellently stocked specialist shop and bistro was named the best "wine bar in a vinotheque" and received 92 (out of a possible 100) points and three glasses (out of a possible four). In subsequent years, the team improved its performance even further and received 93 points each time. In the summer of 2023, Gräfes Wein fein in Radebeul was then accepted into the exclusive circle of only 49 vinotheques, wine bars and wine lounges in Germany at the time, "which define themselves through informal wine enjoyment and committed wine personalities and where both beginners and wine connoisseurs feel at home" (from the award ceremony) and has been a "Gerolsteiner Wine Place" ever since. There are only three of these in Saxony - in addition to Gräfes Wein & fein, there is also the WeinKulturBar in Dresden and the Herder10 in Freiberg.
