A trained chemist who was long involved in the pharmaceutical industry, Alois Kracher Jr changed course in 1986, returning home to work in the vineyards. And he did it with zeal. He created a new style of dessert wine in which fruit, finesse, and balance were more important than just sweetness. With his 1991 he caused quite a stir internationally. Today, he is one of the most successful producers of sweet wines in the world and one of the wine world`s best known figures. His wines are a class of their own. Only rarely does a top Tokay or Mosel sweety measure up to the recognition and acclaim Kracher wines receive at international wine tastings. Five times, the respected British Wine Magazine named Alois Kracher `Wine Maker of the Year` in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001.