Across the Czech Republic, 2013, pdf

Across the Czech Republic - A brief guide to contemporary winemaking

Moravian wines have held a notable place throughout history. &nbsp;These wines were served in European royal courts during the Hapsburg dynasty and Napoleon Bonaparte sent Moravian wine to Paris after winning the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 on lands now occupied by one of our partner winemakers. &nbsp;The Czech people have been keeping their wines a secret as they are only able to meet 65% of the country's demand… but we have been able to make special arrangements to bring some of these wines to the USA.
<h3>Results of Moravian winemakers in abroad in 2013</h3>
USA and Canada
The <a href="http://www.fliwc.com">Finger Lakes International Wine Competition</a> is one of the biggest wine competitions in the US. The Best of Show in Ice Wine winner of 2013 was Moravian! Moravian winemakers collected an additional 38 medals: 1Double-Gold, 2 Gold, 13 Silver and 22 Bronze medals and the Czech Republic was the only country honored with a standing ovation during the entire show!
The <a href="http://www.sfwinecomp.com/‎">San Francisco International Wine Competition</a> is probably the best known wine competition in the US. Moravian winemakers have attend the competition for several years and in 2013 collected 1 Double-Gold medal, 1 Gold, 27 Silver and 47 Bronze medals.
During the <a href="http://www.smvcanada.ca/">Sélections Mondiales des Vins</a> , under the high patronage of the International Organization of the Vine and Wine in Quebec, Canada, Moravian wines won 10 Gold and 7 Silver medals!
Europe
Vins de Terroir (France, February): 1 Gold medal in Labeling and 4 Silver medals for only 2 attending wineries from the Czech Republic.
Vinalies Internationales (France, March): 5 Gold and 23 Silver medals. This competition is one of the top 3 best wine competitions world-wide.
Chardonnay du Monde (France, March): Top world-wide wine competition with a special focus on Chardonnay. There were only three chardonnays in the top 10 wines, two from France and one from Moravia! Moravia has medaled in Chardonnay in the top 10 for the past 3 consecutive years.
Concours International des Vins de Gastronomie ™ (France, April) 1 Gold Star and 1 Silver Star (only two Moravian wines were entered in the competition).
Femmes et Vins du Monde (France, April) Women and Wine of the World, 6 Gold and 5 Silver medals.
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (Slovakia, May): 7 Gold and 18 Silver medals for Moravian winemakers.
WEINPARADE POYSDORF (Austria, May): 97 Gold and 176 Silver medals!
Muvina (Slovakia, June) Under the high patronage of the International Organization of the Vine and Wine: 2 competition Champions and 50 Gold medals.
Decanter World Wine Awards (London, Sep): 5 Silver, 42 Bronze medals and 53 honors.
MUNDUS VINI (Germany, Sep): One of the most challenging wine competition world-wide. Moravian’s won 4 Gold and 4 Silver medals.
AWC Vienna (Austria, August): 30 Gold, 152 Silver medals and 122 honors.
 Na zdraví! (to your health)

 Author: Klub Sommeliérů, Moravian wines exporter to USA, infoATklubsommelieru.cz <a href="http://www.vinozczech.com">www.vinozczech.com</a>, <a href="http://www.klubsommelieru.cz">www.klubsommelieru.cz</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CzechWineUSA">www.facebook.com/CzechWineUSA</a> Keywords: Czech Republic, Moravia, wine, competition, export, Vino z Czech, Klub Sommelieru, Czech Wine Imports, 2013

Wines from the Czech Republic, Central Europe’s best kept secret

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 &amp; Omnimedia. For further information: Pavel Krška, Národní vinařské centrum, o.p.s. E-mail: <a href="mailto:pavel.krska@vinarskecentrum.cz">pavel.krska@vinarskecentrum.cz</a> Tel: +420 519 352 072, +420 721 414 575
Daniel Kříž, Omnimedia, s.r.o. E-mail: <a href="mailto:d.kriz@omnimedia.cz">d.kriz@omnimedia.cz</a> Tel: +420 221 419 220, +420 728 602 304
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