The year 2013 proved hugely successful for Moravian and Czech wines at international competitions
The start of 2014 is also the beginning of a new season of international wine competitions in which Moravian and Czech winemakers traditionally take part and excel with regular success. And last year was no exception and no lack of the very highest ratings. Wines from Moravia and Bohemia scored against thousands of the very best world wines and in the most highly revered European contests. Our winemakers also travelled overseas three times where their wines have a tradition of being very well received, collecting a host of medals. In a majority of these contests the collective presentations of Moravian and Czech wines were financed by the Wine Fund and the organisation was undertaken by the National Wine Centre.
We have been able to follow the great international success of our Moravian and Czech winemakers over many years now and the annual recapitulation leaves an imposing impression.
In March already there were two competitions in France in which Moravian and Czech wines excelled. The first of these was Vinalies Internationales that brought Moravian and Czech winemakers five gold and 23 silver medals. Among the most successful wineries were Vinařství Tomáš Krist, Zámecké vinařství Bzenec, ZNOVÍN ZNOJMO, Vinařství Mikrosvín Mikulov and Vinařství Čech. The second international competition was Chardonnay du Monde. Josef Valihrach of Krumvíř in the Břeclav area took gold with his Chardonnay selection of berries 2011, thus being among the top ten world Chardonnays.
We did not have to wait long for the next enormous achievement. At the outset of April Riesling 2009, an ice wine from the firm ZNOVÍN ZNOJMO was declared champion in the world's largest charitative contest - The Finger Lakes International Wine Competition taking place in the USA. What is more, this victory is in a competition that takes place in a region world-renowned for its ice wines. Another most pleasant surprise was the Double Gold for Vladimír Tetur from Velké Bílovice. Double Gold in Rochester is given only to those wines awarded a gold medal by every single member of the jury. Gold medals also went to Štěpán Maňák and Vinařství Sonberk.
May saw two more important wine competitions with our presence. Concours Mondial de Bruxelles and Decanter World Wine Awards brought our winemakers a total of 125 medals and diplomas. The roving competition Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, this year in Bratislava, gave seven gold and 18 silver medals to Moravian winemakers. In London the Decanter World Wine Awards awarded our vintners five silver and 42 bronze medals as well as 53 diplomas. At Concours Mondial de Bruxelles our greatest successes were Vinařství Josef Dufek, Vinařství Vladimír Tetur, Vinařství Petr Skoupil, Château Valtice and Vinařství Čech. In Decanter World Wine Awards Vinařství Tomáš Krist, Zámecké Vinařství Bzenec, ZNOVÍN ZNOJMO, Nové Vinařství and Vinařství Josef Dufek notched up the highest scores.
In June Moravian winemakers again headed across the ocean. The Sélections Mondiales des Vins competition taking place in the Canadian province of Québec brought 10 gold and seven silver medals to the Czech Republic. Our highest rated wines came from BOHEMIA SEKT, Vladimír Tetur, Štěpán Maňák, Sonberk, Vinné sklepy Lechovice and Vinice Hnanice.
Nor were Moravian and Czech winemakers absent from Prešov, where the international competition Muvina took place in mid-June. Our wines brought home a grand total of 53 awards, including two Champions - in the categories for white dry and sparkling wines. The Champion in the white dry wines category was won by Vinařství Valihrach for Hibernal, selection of grapes 2012, while BOHEMIA SEKT won with Chateau Radyně Extra Brut in the sparkling wine category. Vinařství Valihrach, which took home four gold medals, also received the award for the best overall collection of wines. A further four golds went to Vinařství Dufek.
In July Moravian and Czech winemakers once more dispatched their wares across the ocean. The San Francisco International Wine Competition rewarded them with 76 medals, of which one was a great gold, one a gold, 28 silver and 46 bronze. The Best of Nation great gold medal went to Vinařství Maděřič for his Riesling late harvest 2012. Great gold medals are awarded here only to an infinitesimal fraction of the wines for their exceptional quality as agreed by the entire judging committee.
Another very prestigious competition unfolds in September in the Austrian capital. AWC Vienna is one of the biggest world competitions, last year 12 299 wines from across the world participated. Marking is very strict, gold medals are awarded only to wines receiving over 90 points out of 100. Among the most successful wine producers in Vienna were Vinařství Josef Valihrach, in receipt of five gold and four silver medals. Other great attainments were by Vinné sklepy Lechovice and LIVI, who both took away three gold and three silver medals.
October saw the MUNDUS vini competition. Moravian and Czech winemakers returned with four gold and four silver medals. The marking in this instance is even stricter than at AWC Vienna, gold medals only going to a wine with more than 95 points. Even under these conditions the Czech Republic took four golden awards: for Vinařství Arte vini, BOHEMIA SEKT, Vinařství U Dvou Lip and ZNOVÍN ZNOJMO.
The final event of the year was Terravino that traditionally unfolds in Israel. Despite the enormous challenge Moravian and Czech winemakers managed to win two special awards, three great gold medals, 10 gold and eight bronze medals. Among the most successful were ranked Mikrosvín Mikulov, Vinselekt Michlovský, Břetislav Jakubík and a host of others.
Press release, source: NVC & Omnimedia. For further information:
Pavel Krška, Národní vinařské centrum, o.p.s.
E-mail: pavel.krska@vinarskecentrum.cz
Tel: +420 519 352 072, +420 721 414 575
Daniel Kříž, Omnimedia, s.r.o.
E-mail: d.kriz@omnimedia.cz
Tel: +420 221 419 220, +420 728 602 304
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