Exceptional evaluation of Moravian and Czech wines in Texas

Especially BOHEMIA SEKT's sparkling sparkling wines, of which Bohemia Sekt Prestige demi sec 2019 won the big gold (DOUBLE GOLD) and all other five entered sparkling wines won gold medals. The collection of Ing. Miroslav Volařík from Mikulov is crowned by two big gold medals for Tramín korenný 2021 selection from bulbs and Riesling vlašský 2021 late harvest from the famous Železná line. Tomáš Krist from Milovice impressed the jury the most with Pálava 2022 late harvest and Neronet 2022 late harvest, which wonwon two large gold medals, and his other entries shared 11 gold and 6 silver medals.

14 large gold, 60 gold and 37 silver medals

"Our winemakers received a beautiful 14 large gold medals. The U.S. is not a member of the OIV International Organization of Vine and Wine, so the 30% limit for awarding medals does not apply herebut all the wines that reach the calculated point limit will be awarded a medal. The DOUBLE GOLD award means that all four judges on the panel agreed on the gold medal," commented JUDr. Luboš Bárta, editor-in-chief of the SOMMELIER magazine, who organised the participation of Moravian wines in the competition and also took part in the competition as a juror, added: "this year's TXIWC was held during the rodeo in San Antonio, the biggest event of the year in Texas, which is annually attended byI was given the unforgettable chance to present 20 Moravian wines in the VIP centre. Texas is a state famous for its red wines, so our pleasantly aromatic white garnered enthusiasm as if it rode in on an unsaddled bull, and the presentation ended with questions about the possibility of importing such wines."

TOP TEN YOUNGSTER 2022

The excellent news is that of the wines awarded with large gold and gold medals, a total of 36 of our wines were from the youngster 2022 vintage. Six of these were awarded the special TOP TEN YOUNGSTER 2022 award for the top 10 wines of the 2022 vintage. Three of them are from the early Solaris grape variety (Chateau Lobkowicz Roudnice, MUDr. Kosík z Tvrdonice and Vinařství Ludwig), which has thus also confirmed in America that it is a great source of young wines.

The evaluation of about a thousand wines from 13 countries took place at the Venue of Grace Ranch in the Southwest, a very popular competition among the general public and experts.Iva Bárta Kováříková and Augustín Mrázik from Bratislava also took part as judges.

The participation of wines from the Czech Republic was financially supported by the Wine Fund of the Czech Republic, and their participation was organised by Winesupporter.com, formerly Gastropress, publisher of Sommelier magazine.

More information about the competition is available at www.txiwc.com.