Two champions and six winners brought our wines to the international competition Oenoforum 2023!

The champion of the young wines of the competition was declared Sauvignon 2022, late harvest from the winery Štěpán Maňák. The best white wine was Riesling Walrus 2021, a selection of grapes from the Kněží hora Winery. The best red wine was Domeniille Cuza Malbeck 2021, IGT from Vinaria Domeniille Cuza in Moldova and the title for the bestcuvée went to the Slovak wine 3 Brugundy 2021, an AOC wine from Víno Mrva & Stanko winery.

2 champions and 6 category winners

Our winemakers won in 6 categories:

• In the category of dry white wines of the 2022 vintage, the winner was the 2022 Riesling Walrus, late harvest from the winery No. 44 Ing. Eliska Becková's
• In the category of white dry wines of the vintage 2021 and older, the winner was the wine Veltliner Green 2021, late harvest from the winery Milan Vašíček
• In the category of white semi-sweet wines the winner was Cuvée Stará hora 2021, selection of grapes from the Doležal Winery
• In the category of dry red wines of the vintage 2021 and older, the winner was OAK Pinot Noir, selection of grapes from the winery Vladimír Tetur
• In the category of rosé wines, clarets and blanc de noirs the winner was Cabernet Sauvignon 2022, late harvest from VINICE - HNÁNICE
• In the sparkling wine category, the winner was Blanc de blancs 2020, a quality sparkling wine from THAYA Vinařství

• The best Riesling of the competition was Riesling Walrus 2021, a selection of grapes from Kněží hora Winery
• The best Pálava of the competition was Pálava 2022, a selection of berries from the VITISBERG winery
• The prize of doc. Ing. Vilém Kraus, CSc. for the highest rated red wine of the Cabernet Sauvignon variety was awarded to Cabernet Sauvignon 2022, late harvest from VINICE - HNÁNICE
• Ing. Jindřich Ševčík, CSc. for the highest rated wine of the Sauvignon blanc variety was awarded to Sauvignon 2021, late harvest from Pavlov Winery
• The best wine collection at the competition was awarded to Ing. Miroslav Volařík

"This year's edition continued the previous ones and again compared wines from all over the world, but at the same time it was to highlight the importance of those from the world'sgrape varieties, namely Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon, but also our traditional grape varieties grown in the Czech Republic, namely Riesling and Pálava. Once again, we have also maintained our long-standing ambition to accept a maximum of 600 samples to allow sufficient space for evaluation and to maintain the emphasis on the quality of the wines entered. But Oenoforum is not only about the competition, it also has an educational part and that is the conference. Last year, a new format was set up in which we always focus on two typical varietiesin a typical terroir, in the context of traditional versus modern processing, and in two nearby regions. Each year we then choose a different but original and, in a way, exceptional venue, and this year the choice fell on the conference hall at the back of themku in Mikulov, a town that is undoubtedly one of the main centres of Moravian winemaking and is renowned abroad," said Ing. Martin Půček, executive director of the organizing Union of Winegrowers.

International wine conference on RYZLINK VLAŠSKÝ & SAUVIGNON BLANC, Quo vadis, Development and perspectives of two world grape varieties in two close regions - Austria and Czech Republic

The 17th edition of the Oenoforum 2023 wine competition attracted 517 entries from Austria, France, Slovakia, Portugal, Italy, Chile, Bulgaria, Moldova, Spain and, of course, the Czech Republic. The competition took place on 16 and 17 June in the congress hall of Mikulov Castle. The programme of the competition also included an international wine conference on RYZLINK VLAŠSKÝ & SAUVIGNON BLANC, Quo vadis, VýWar and prospects of two world grape varieties in two close regions - Austria and the Czech Republic, where leading wine experts from both countries spoke.

The competition and conference is organised and hosted by the Union of Winegrowers of the Czech Republic. The competition is supported by the Wine Fund of the Czech Republic, the National Wine Centre, o.p.s. and other organisations. The competition is under the auspices of the Governor of the South Moravian Region Mgr. Jan Grolich and the Mayor of Mikulov Mgr. The general partner of the event is the company Vinařský ráj.

More information about the competition and the conference at www.oenoforum.cz or www.facebook.com/oenoforum/.