The first ever great gold medal in history for Moravian wine in Luxembourg

The expert committees also awarded a gold medal to Vinařství Baloun from Velké Pavlovice for his Welschriesling late harvest 2010. Vinařství Baloun was also in receipt of two silver medals. Vinařství Volařík of Mikulov can be very proud after receiving the second gold medal awarded to this country in the competition for his Chardonnay special selection of noble berries (TBA) 2008. In all our wine producers won one great gold, two gold and 18 silver medals (see below for results).

"Concours Mondial de Bruxelles was held this year in Luxembourg – a truly beautiful wine country and was, as ever, organised to perfection. Among other activities the organisers carry out regular statistical evaluations of the ratings given by every individual taster. The judging took place in the pleasing environs of the LuxExpo exhibition complex in Luxembourg and was undertaken by well over 250 tasters from across the globe. I would like to add my appreciation for the professional way in which the evaluation of wines was organised which, taking into consideration the enormous number of samples present, is by no means an easy undertaking. At the same time I would like to congratulate all medal winners from the Czech Republic, above all Jožka Valihrach, whose great gold medal is a really exceptional achievement. This is the very first occasion that the Czech Republic has won a great gold medal at the CMB," said Pavel Krška, director of the National Wine Centre, who took part in the international tasting jury of CMB.

Also judging wines on behalf of the Czech Republic were Helena Baker and John Law Baker. The collective presence of Czech and Moravian wines was organised with the assistance of the National Wine Centre with the financial support of the Wine Fund of the Czech Republic.

This years' Concours Mondial de Bruxelles received an unbelievable 7 386 entries from 49 countries. Among these were 113 samples from 29 wineries from the Czech Republic.

The contest took place for the first time in 1994 in Bruges, when a "mere" 861 samples were entered. In following years the judging took place in Brussels and other Belgian cities. The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has long been seen as one of the most prestigious of all world wine competitions, which is why in 2006 the organisers decided to confirm its international standing by moving the competition from Belgium to other important European centres. They began with Lisbon and this was followed by Maastricht, Bordeaux, Valencia, last year in Palermo and this year Luxembourg.

List of medal winners from the Czech Republic

Winery ** Wine ** Medal

Vinařství Valihrach s.r.o. ** Chardonnay, special selecion of grapes 2007 ** great gold
Vinařství Baloun ** Welschriesling, late harvest 2010 ** gold
Vinařství Baloun ** Moravian Muscat late harvest 2010 ** silver
Vinařství Baloun ** Müller-Thurgau, late harvest 2010 ** silver
Vinařství Volařík ** Chardonnay, special selection of botrytised berries 2008 ** gold
Vinné sklepy Lechovice s.r.o. ** Cabernet Sauvignon, ice wine 2007 ** silver
Vinné sklepy Lechovice s.r.o. ** Sekt Lechovice Brut ** silver
Vinařství Pavlov s.r.o. ** Chardonnay, late harvest 2009 ** silver
Vinařství Pavlov s.r.o. ** Pinot Gris, special selection of grapes 2009 ** silver
Réva Rakvice s.r.o. ** Gewurztraminer, ice wine 2009 ** silver
Réva Rakvice s.r.o. ** Riesling, ice wine 2008 ** silver
Víno Mikulov a.s. ** Chardonnay, late harvest 2009 ** silver
Víno Mikulov a.s. ** Pinot Gris, special selection of grapes 2009 ** silver
Znovín Znojmo a.s. ** Riesling ice wine 2009 ** silver
Znovín Znojmo a.s. ** Sauvignon Blanc, special selection of grapes 2009 ** silver
Vinné sklepy Valtice a.s. ** Sylvaner, special selection of grapes 2009 ** silver
Vinařství Gotberg a.s. ** Pálava, special selection of grapes 2009 ** silver
Sonberk a.s. ** Pálava, special selection of grapes 2009 ** silver
Vinařství Petr Skoupil s.r.o. ** Müller-Thurgau, kabinet 2010 ** silver
Zámecké Vinařství Bzenec a.s. ** EGO No. 76 Cuvée Grüner Veltliner and Sylvaner ** silver
Vinařství Mikrosvín Mikulov a.s. ** Pinot Blanc, late harvest 2008 ** silver


Press release.

For more information please contact:

Marek Babisz, Head Sommelier of the National Wine Centre
E-mail: marek.babisz@vinarskecentrum.cz
Tel. 519 352 072, 602 470 262

Daniel Kříž, Omnimedia, s.r.o.
E-mail: d.kriz@omnimedia.cz
Tel.: +420 221 419 220, 728 602 304


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Translation © John & Helena Baker

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