VINOFORUM this year in Ostrava, 3rd – 6th June 2010

Press Release, source: Martin Křístek & NVC

The nineteenth edition of the international wine contest VINOFORUM takes up the baton from earlier editions which, thanks to the then Slovenian Minister of Agriculture Jože Protner and the Slovak oenology professor Fedor Malík, have been held since 1991 in a variety of central European countries. In the past VINOFORUM has been repeatedly hosted by Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, Croatia, the Czech Republic and Austria, while next year Poland will add its name to the list.

VINOFORUM continues in its quest to compare the quality of wines of Central Europe with those from the rest of the world and to promote the culture of wine even in non-producing regions. VINOFORUM 2010 comes to the Moravian-Silesian metropolis.

VINOFORUM 2010 OSTRAVA has been organised with the support of the Wine Fund of the Czech Republic and in cooperation with the Clarion Congress Hotel Ostrava, the Union of Winemakers of the Czech Republic, the National Wine Centre and the K.A.H.A.N. association of Ostrava, which is the organiser of CUVÉE OSTRAVA, the specialised wine contest of brands and blended wines only, which this year takes place within the framework of VINOFORUM 2010 OSTRAVA.

At the beginning of June (3rd-4th) 2010 in the north of Moravia juries consisting of several dozen leading wine tasters not only from Europe but overseas will meet. The Czech Republic will be represented in each committee by one experienced oenologist. Independent of these evaluations by the specialised juries, the competition samples will at the same time be appraised by committees made up of members of the lay public as well as by a committee comprised of members of FIJEV (International Federation of Journalists and Writers on Wine). The first weekend of June (5th-6th 2010) all the competing wines will be displayed for a grand tasting by the general public in the context of the announcement of the competition results in the Clarion Congress Hotel Ostrava (formerly Hotel Atom). “Participation in the preceding competition is not a condition for winemakers or wine merchants to be present at this weekend exhibition, whose visitors will certainly have plenty of wine to choose from,“ as organiser Martin Křístek reminds us.

Further information for wine producers and importers:

For application form on-line - PLEASE CLICK HERE

The collection of samples will take place between 10th and 14th May 2010.

The collection point for the Czech Republic: NÁRODNÍ VINAŘSKÉ CENTRUM, o.p.s., Zámek 1, Valtice, tel. +420 602 470 262. Failing this, samples may otherwise be forwarded to the address of the representative of the competition organisers: MARTIN KŘÍSTEK, Na Pořadí 1002, 735 41 Petřvald, tel. +420 603 240 661, e-mail info@cuvee.cz