Moravian and Czech wines will be presented during Europe's largest trade fair ProWein

At ProWein we will present: the largest wine producer in the Czech Republic - BOHEMIA SEKT; one of our most progressive wineries emphasizing not only high quality wine, but also attractive design – NOVÉ VINAŘSTVÍ; popular and traditional Templářské sklepy Čejkovice, the family winery Petr Bunža, the family winery Vinofol and Zámecké vinařství Bzenec - triple holder of Champion of the Wine Salon of the Czech Republic.

"Due to the limited production capacity of our viticulture it is worth noticing any ambition to succeed with Moravian and Bohemian wines in highly competitive international markets. After years of building the good name of our winery at international competitions, trade shows are another way to get ahead in foreign markets," commented the participation of our winemakers Mr. Pavel Večeřa from the Wine Fund, which organizes common presentation of the Czech Republic and who is responsible for the presentation of our wines together with representatives of the wineries and the National Wine Centre.

New this year at the Czech Republic exhibition stand will be a separate free tasting zone for Moravian wines. Each of the participating wineries will present wines which cover a wide spectrum from dry to sweet; white, rosé and red wines; and sparkling wines as well.

This year visitors can once again look forward to supervised tastings at the exhibition stand of Wines from Moravia, Wines from Bohemia and which traditionally attract a lot of interest.

 23rd March 14:00 - The best of the Wine Salon of the Czech Republic - tasting 8 wine samples from hundred of the best wines from Moravia and Bohemia.

 24th March 11:00 - Wines from the Czech Republic – a tasting of typical varieties from the Bohemia and Moravia wine regions.

Trade Fair ProWein is one of the largest and most important wine fairs in the world and this year it is being held for the twentieth time. This year again slightly larger participation of exhibitors is expected, up to 4,500 from about 50 countries and more than 40,000 expert visitors from around the world. About 80 percent of participating companies come from abroad. ProWein thus offers a valuable cross-section of wines on the global market and within one area indicates the direction the world winery is going. Every year there is also available about 1000 wines in the free tasting zone, among which the Riesling from the VINOFOL winery, the Pinot Gris from Templářské sklepy Čejkovice, the Pinot Blanc and the Traminer from Zámecké vinařství Bzenec were chosen by the jury. This year, the fair ProWein has a new separate hall (hall 7.1) for producers of champagne, called "Champagne Lounge". At more than 300 square meters, a total of 25 champagne producers will be presented.

More information:
Ing. Pavel Krška, Národní vinařské centrum, o.p.s.
E-mail: pavel.krska@vinarskecentrum.cz
Tel.: +420 519 352 072, +420 721 414 575

Mgr. Pavel Večeřa
E-mail: vecera@vinarskyfond.cz
Tel.: +420 606 602 587

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

More about Czech wine – www.wineofczechrepublic.cz.
More about the fair - www.prowein.com.

Participating winemakers' profiles

BOHEMIA SEKT, s.r.o. / BOHEMIA SEKT, Ltd.
www.bohemiasekt.cz
BOHEMIA SEKT is the biggest winemaker in the Czech Republic. Its unique products gained the firm the most prestigious Czech award "Vinařství roku" (Winery of the year) in 2011. The award recognized the company's professional work, quality sources, support of winemaking education and wine tourism. BOHEMIA SEKT has been steadily bringing medals also from other domestic and foreign competitions.
BOHEMIA SEKT has been growing on both Czech and world market in the last years. As of today, the company exports its products to 28 countries, which is an unparalleled achievement in the Czech Republic. Every year, the company enters new markets.
The company's success is based upon high quality of sparkling and other wines as well as liquors, modern technologies and years of experience of the best Czech winemakers.
BOHEMIA SEKT is the leader of domestic market as far as sparkling wines are concerned and it has been steadily growing in the field of non-sparkling Moravian wines. It is certainly no wonder, because the BOHEMIA SEKT group includes – apart from the traditional Bohemia Sekt – prestigious brands such as Víno Mikulov, Habánské sklepy, Vinařství Pavlov, Chateau Mikulov, Chateau Bzenec and Bzenecká lipka.

NOVÉ VINAŘSTVÍ, a.s. / NEW WINERY, JSC
www.novevinarstvi.cz
NOVÉ VINAŘSTVÍ is one of the most advanced winegrowers in the Czech Republic, especially thanks to modern methods of growing and producing wine, and stressing package quality just as the quality of the drink itself. NOVÉ VINAŘSTVÍ was the first in the Czech Republic to use modern screw caps and later also glass closures VINO-LOK. The company gained the award for "Managerial achievement in the field of design" in 2007, acknowledging the enormous effort of the company to put high quality wrappings to its wines.
NOVÉ VINAŘSTVÍ manages 110 hectares of proprietary vineyards along Austrian borders, about 70 km north from Vienna. NOVÉ VINAŘSTVÍ has gained numerous significant international awards over its existence.

Vinofol, s.r.o. / Vinofol, Ltd.
www.vinofol.cz
VINOFOL started as a family business of brothers Pavel and Richard Foltýn in 1992. The company operates from the wine-growing village of Novosedly, where people have been growing vine since 1552.
One of the major strengths of the firm is the location of its 120 hectares of vineyards divided among four different wine-producing municipalities – Mikulov, Novosedly, Nový Přerov and Pavlov. Of course, every municipality has different soils and sometimes even weather. This provides for a more colorful and interesting offer of wines.
However, quality of the wines is what matters most and that is where the focus of the operation is. VINOFOL's philosophy is to observe latest trends of production and gastronomy. On the other hand, VINOFOL never forgets the vast experience of winegrowers of old, who could not rely on modern technologies and produced quality wines using their ingeniousness and understanding the potential of the soil they were working. Choosing wine varieties best suited for the given terroir and storing wines in wooden barrels of French oak are good examples of such approach. VINOFOL is taking the right path, as evidenced by various awards from both domestic and foreign shows. Growing interest in VINOFOL's products among consumers, however, remains the brightest evidence of the quality of its wines.

Templářské sklepy Čejkovice, vinařské družstvo/Templar Wine Cellars of Čejkovice, wine co-operative
www.templarske-sklepy.cz
Winery prefers traditional winemaking and aging, which combines with modern methods and technologies of processing of grapes to the finalization. The vineyards from which company process the grapes are located in two wine sub-regions of Moravia - Velkopavlovická and Slovácká. Thanks to the diversity of soil, different positions and climate, the customer receives a broad portfolio of finest varieties parts from the growers.
The company itself manages 10 ha of vineyards where the grapes ripen to the highest parts of vintage and attributive wines.
The winery still operates in the historic cellars, where it has saved more than 350,000 liters of wine in oak barrels and extensive archive of mature bottled wines. Additional capacity of 6,000,000 liters is in industrial buildings in the village Čejkovice.
To the wine co-operative Templářské sklepy Čejkovice belongs also REISTEN Winery, which will also be at the fair to showcase their wines. The winery was founded with the primary intention of producing a high-quality wines intended for high gastronomy and wine shops, but also for all those who want to truly enjoy wine. That was the subject for selection of vineyards, varieties, cultivation methods and harvesting, and not least, the processing of grapes and of course the whole production. Own vineyards were planted, therefore winery gained independence from grapes suppliers.

Vinařství Petr Bunža Bzenec / Winery Petr Bunža of Bzenec
www.bunza.cz
This family winery followed two-year family tradition of grapewine cultivation and wine production. Currently the winery is dedicated to the production of all wine categories, earth wines, quality wines, attribute wines, and of them even straw and ice wines. For the second year we have achieved a degree of ripeness selection of raisins with a record sugar content at the vineyard 37 oNM. In the assortment of wineries the customers will find also botrytic wines or a genuine young brand wine Bunžolé.

Zámecké vinařství Bzenec s.r.o. / Chateau Winery Bzenec, Ltd.
www.zameckevinarstvi.cz
The Chateau Winery Bzenec is one of the largest wine producers in the Czech Republic and as such it needs to be provided with sufficient amount of grapes. Through its subsidiaries, it controls and manages 360 hectares of vineyards, which are located in three of the four wine-growing sub-regions of Moravia. From Znojemsko it obtains raw material from 70 hectares of loess and gravel vineyards, Mikulovsko gives the grapes from 180 hectares of mineral areas and Slovácko has 110 hectares, 35 of which are in the process of certification of Ecological BIO vineyards.
All our vineyards are classified in so-called integrated production, which in the simplest translation means significantly restricted use of chemicals.

Vinařský fond, Národní vinařské centrum / Wine Fund, National Wine Centre
www.vinarskyfond.cz / www.vinarskecentrum.cz
The Wine Fund was established in 2002 after the "Winemaking Act" was amended. The Wine Fund supported starting new vineyards in the wine-growing regions Moravia and Bohemia before the Czech Republic became a member of the European Union. Today, the Wine Fund specializes in wine marketing, development of wine tourism and informs the public about winegrowing in general. The Wine Fund's activities are similar in other wine-producing European countries.
The National Wine Centre is a non-profit organization headquartered in Valtice chateau. The Centre's aim is to promote and support Moravian and Bohemian wines and viticulture via the Wine Salon of the Czech Republic and publishing expert literature, organizing workshops etc. The National Wine Centre closely collaborates with the Wine Fund of the Czech Republic.