Austria's best sommelier: Retter succesfull

Retter gained some experience among others in Witzigmanns "Aubergine" in Munich, at Heinz Hanner in Mayerling near Vienna and he was restaurant director of the "Adlon" in Berlin, before he relocated the business of his parents-in-law to Northern Germany with his wife.

Besides various tastings, the Austrian sommelier association and its president Annemarie Foidl thought of some very hard tasks for example wine explanations in English, value-assessment of rare wines and trying to find mistakes in wine menus. Retter and the runner-up Andreas Jechmayer (Mörwald) convinced not only with their professional knowledge but also with their charm and dealing with wine. (r.knoll)