Sommelière of the year 2025 - Katharina Gnigler.

A role model for the entire industry.

"Katharina Gnigler's tasks at the "Bootshaus" (Hotel Das Traunsee) go far beyond wine service - from designing the menu to setting up the cellar for all the group's establishments, managing and training the service team to fine-tuning the wines to Lukas Nagl's clear and purist dishes. Gnigler plays this keyboard brilliantly and is a role model for the entire industry." (Quote from Gault&Millau 2025)

After 14 years full of impressive stations such as Copenhagen (Geranium), Döllerer's Genusswelten in Golling and most recently in the Wachau at Landhaus Bacher, the wine specialist returned to her native Upper Austria a year ago. Since then, as Head of Wine and Service, she has been responsible for the fine wines at both of the Gröller family's hotels in Traunkirchen, Das Traunsee - Das Hotel Zum See and Hotel Post am See. Monika and Wolfgang Gröller have developed Traunkirchen into a gourmet hotspot with the 4-toque restaurant Bootshaus, the 2-toque restaurant Poststube 1327 and the new Belétage.