The Highest
Standard
in Czech Winemaking
We guarantee quality, celebrate tradition, and have been selecting
the 100 best wines of the Czech Republic since 1988.
annually
competition
of Excellence
competitions
About the Contest
The National Wine Competition is the highest-level official wine competition in the Czech Republic and serves as a clear and indisputable guarantee of the exceptional quality of the award-winning wines. The National Wine Competition’s entirely unique system, thanks to multi-round evaluation, gradually highlights the best wines in the categories of dry and semi-dry white wines, semi-sweet white wines, sweet wines, rosé wines, dry and semi-dry red wines, semi-sweet red wines, and sparkling wines.
The National Wine Competition consists of three stages. The preliminary rounds take place in individual wine-growing subregions, and their purpose is to nominate successful wines for the first, nationwide round of the competition.
The participants in the first round of the National Wine Competition are thus selected from the individual nomination rounds of all four subregions in Moravia and the Bohemia region. These wines are evaluated in late November and December, and 400 wines advance to the second, final round. The second round will take place in mid-January and will determine the winner (Champion) of the entire competition, the winners of the individual categories, and the lineup of the Czech Wine Salon.
Evaluation Procedure
National Wine Competitions
Subregional/Regional Rounds
The nomination phase, during which more than 2,500 samples are evaluated locally across the Czech Republic.
National Round
The best wines from the qualifying competitions advance to the first round of the Wine Salon—the National Wine Competition
Czech Republic Wine Salon
The top 100 wines are awarded a prestigious title and a spot in the Wine Salon exhibition held in the historic cellar of the Valtice Castle.
Awards
| Grand Gold | 91 points or more |
| Gold | 87–90 points |
| Silver | 85–86 |
| Bronze | 83–84 |
| Awards | Champion, Category Winner, Best Wine Collection |
Qualification for the First Round of the Wine Salon – National Wine Competition
| Categories A, D, E, G | 80 points or more |
| Categories B and F | 82 points or more |
| Category C | 84 points or more |
Quality Assurance
Certified
tasters
All tasters have passed
valid tasting and sensory evaluation exams.
Blind
Tasting System
Complete anonymity of wine samples during
the evaluation process. Bottles are coded
and presented without labels.
OIV
Standards
Compliance with the standards of the International
Organization of Vine and Wine.
Our Partners
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