VINUM JUVENALE 2022 and the Wine Queen of the Czech Republic competition for 2023

A total of 408 samples from Slovakia, Bohemia and Moravia were entered into the competition. The expert tasting took place on 20-23 February 2023 at the OREA Congress Hotel Brno, where the president of the tasting jury was appointed Ing. Jakub Šebesta.

The tasting was conducted by a 51-member panel of experts who met the conditions of Decree No. 323/2004 Coll.
The award ceremony took place on 9 March 2023, also at the OREA Congress Hotel Brno, attended by 364 winemakers and VIP guests. The following prizes were awarded:

CHAMPION VINUM JUVENALE 2022
Rulandské Bílé, Moravian regional wine, No. RB-22
Wine cellar U Štipčáků, Vlkoš u Kyjov

PRIZE OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE SOUTH MORAVIAN REGION
FOR THE BEST RATED WINE COLLECTION
Winery Tichý Dolní Dunajovice

AWARD OF THE MAYOR OF THE STATUTORY CITY OF BRNO
FOR THE BEST RATED ROSÉ WINE
Rosé Zweigeltrebe, late harvest, No. 13/22
Tichý Winery, Dolní Dunajovice

PRIZE OF THE WINE FUND OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
FOR THE BEST RATED RED WINE
Merlot, grape selection, No 2232
Ing. František Zapletal, Velké Bílovice

AWARD FOR THE BEST FOREIGN WINE
Müller Thurgau, quality, No. L-2
VÍNO-MASARYK s.r.o., Skalica, Slovak Republic

PRIZE FOR THE BEST RATED COLLECTION
FOREIGN WINES
VÍNO-MASARYK s.r.o., Skalica, Slovak Republic

On 9.3. the competition Queen of Wines of the Czech Republic was held in OREA Congress hotel Brno. The competition was open only to girls and women aged between 17 and 25 who come from a wine-growing family and whose work is connected with the cultivation, production and trade of grape wine and its products.

Professional part - theoretical knowledge of viticulture and winemaking
- wine tasting - identification of 3 characteristic varieties
Social part - general and linguistic knowledge, personal speech

6 girls from wine-growing families or students of the Valtice Secondary Wine School advanced to the shortlist.

Kateřina Šufeislová Valtice Wine School Šufeisl Winery
Nicol Martincová Wine School Valtice Winery Otec a dcera V.Bílovice
Alexandra Svobodová Wine School Valtice
Michaela Nešporová Wine School Valtice
Kristýna Hrůzová Wine School Valtice
Šárka Bezchlebová Wine School Valtice Vinum Moravicum Bzenec

and the expert committee composed of

Miroslav Karbula, chairman of the committee
Anna Kokolusová Manager FAnn a.s.
Luděk Machala, oenologist Brno
MUDr. Tomáš Karbula
Miroslav Řepa, manager of CK Čebus Brno
Tomáš Čížek - sommelier

selected the 3 best contestants :

Second Multi-Queen
Kristýna Hrůzová Secondary Wine School Valtice,

First Multi-Queen
Šárka Bezchlebová Secondary Wine School Valtice, VINUM MORAVICUM Bzenec

Wine Queen for 2022
Kateřina Šufeislová Secondary Wine School Valtice, Šufeisl Winery

At the end of the official part, commemorative diplomas and prizes for cooperation in organizing the competition were handed over to representatives of the South MoravianRegion, the Statutory City of Brno, the Wine Fund of the Czech Republic, OREA Congress Hotel Brno, CK ČEBUS Brno and the president of the tasting jury Jakub Šebest.
The dulcimer music of Petr Galečka from Lipov and Panorama band played for listening and dancing.