Brno - Regardless of the distance they had to cover, Moravian and Bohemian wines have won experts' recognition in recent weeks. Wine producers sent their products to several international competitions and received awards at all of them.
At the international contest in San Francisco, for instance, 34 samples scored points of the total of 60 coming from the Czech Republic and among more than 4,000 samples from 26 countries.
"The most successful was the Sonberk winery, which received one of the 148 Double Gold medals for its straw wine Tramín červený. Another important award is a Gold medal that went to Vinné sklepy Valtice for its wine Veltlínské zelené," said Pavel Krška from the National Wine Centre.
Bohemia Sekt, a representative of Bohemian wines, won a total of five medals. The absolute winner by the number of medals was Petr Skoupil from Velké Bílovice - the evaluators awarded three silver and four bronze medals to his products. He also defended the prestigious prize Best of Nation for the best representative of a given country.
Rain of medals in Slovakia
Although success in a distant country definitely counts at home, wine makers from Moravia and Bohemia do not need to travel that far to win recognition. They proved that by succeeding in two Slovak competitions.
At the end of June in Prešov's wine exhibition Muvina, in the only contest in the former Czechoslovakia held under the auspices of the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). Czech representatives did not underestimate their participation and registered 264 samples for the international contest. One third of them received prizes, including two champion titles of the total of seven awarded.
"This biggest prize went to Vinařství Proqin for its sparkling wine Stephanius and to Sonberk for its straw wine Tramín červený, vintage 2008. I also want to mention the company Vinařství Volařík, which received wonderful four golden and two silver medals, becoming one of the most successful wine producers in this contest," said Marek Babisz, the chief sommelier at the National Wine Centre.
A few days later, Moravian and Czech wines scored in the 18th annual competition Vinoforum that took place in Trenčín this time. Vinoforum is held in a different central European country every year, and its aim is to company central European wines with products from the world.
Wines producers from the Czech Republic can be satisfied with this year's results. Their products took, among other things, three champion titles of the six awarded in Trenčín.
"They went to ice wine Ryzlink rýnský, vintage 2008, from Znovín Znojmo, to ice wine Cabernet Sauvignon, vintage 2007 from Vinné sklepy Lechovice, and to sparkling wine Sekt Louis Girardot Brut vintage 2003 from Bohemia Sekt," Krška said.
