On Thursday we will find out the winner of the VINOZOOM WINERY OF THE YEAR 2022!

The gala evening with the announcement of the competition results will be hosted by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium again. Traditionally, under the leadership of moderator Marek Eben, the name of the absolute winner will be announced, as well as the winners of the small, medium and large categories wineries that have most fulfilled the main idea of the competition in 2022, i.e. to surpass the common practice in the field and push it forward in the long term.

"The final is already a great achievement, which is quite a long way from the nomination, through the evaluation of the junior and senior juries, to the decisive visit to the winery and its assessment by the expert committee. This multi-level process allows us to perceive not only the impression a winery gives at first sight, but to get to know it in detail and to appreciate the really best ones," said PhDr. Martin Chlad, President of the Union of Winegrowers of the Czech Republic.

Watch online!

The entire ceremony will be broadcast online from 6 pm on www.vinarstviroku.cz, on YouTube or on the competition' s Facebook page.

In addition to the winners among the wineries, other awards will be presented - LOMAX Enologist of the Year, Achievement of the Year, Prof. Vilém Kraus Award for a distinguished winemaking personality for his or her lifetime contribution to the field of viticulture or winemaking and, new this year, the MENDELU Student Award - 30 students and academics from the field of Viticulture and Enology chose one of the nine wineries selected by the JUNIOR jury. The choice was made by secret ballot. The award is mainly intended to strengthen the motivation of students to participate in the prestigious competition and also to strengthen the link between academia and practice.

The finalists of the VINOZOOM WINERY OF THE YEAR 2022

Small wineries (production up to 50,000 l/year)

• Plenér Winery
• Škrobák Winery
• Wine Kadrnka

Medium wineries (production 50.001 - 250.000 l/year)

• THAYA winery, spol. s r.o.
• Krásná hora s.r.o.
• Vinné sklepy Kutná Hora, s.r.o.

Large wineries (production over 250,000 l/year)

• CHÂTEAU VALTICE - Vinné sklepy Valtice, a.s.
• ANNOVINO WINERY LEDNICE s.r.o.
• BOHEMIA SEKT, s.r.o.

The competition is announced and the title "Winery of the Year" is awarded by the Union of Winegrowers of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the National Wine Centre, with significant support from the Wine Fund of the Czech Republic and the South Moravian Region. The event is organized under the auspices of the Governor Mgr. Jan Grolich and JUDr. Markéta Vaňková, Mayor of the Statutory City of Brno. The general and titular partner is again this year the e-shop with Moravian and Czech wines VINOZOOM. The main partners are Vinolok, a manufacturer of glass caps, and Albert with a selection of the finalists' wines in an exclusive wine shop in Prague's Chodov district. Natural mineral water with a unique composition will be supplied by Krondorf. Throughout the competition, wines will be tasted from handmade glasses made by the KVĚTNÁ 1794 glassworks. Other partners are J&T Bank, Haier vinotéky, Lomax, Vetropack, ACO and S&K LABEL. The competition is also supported by the Brno Observatory and Planetarium and the Faculty of Horticulture of Mendel University in Brno.