With five gold medals, the Bock Winery in Villány was awarded the title of ‘Winery of the Year’ at the 5th Winelovers Wine Awards International Wine Competition, which this year received a record number of 1,161 entries from 15 countries, the organisers informed MTI.
The highest score in the competition was achieved by Matyisák Pince’s Tokaji Eszencia 2004, with 97 points.
The highest score in the competition was achieved by Matyisák Pince’s Tokaji Eszencia 2004, with 97 points.
Establishing new business relationships
Thanks to the record number of entries, the Winelovers Wine Awards has been Hungary’s largest international wine competition for the second year running. The judging process was once again conducted this year in accordance with the same consistent set of professional criteria:
201 wines were awarded a Gold rating, whilst only six wines were awarded a Grand Gold rating.
According to the press release, 57 international judges assessed the wines entered in the competition, which took place in Budapest between 9 and 11 June. The event was also attended by more than twenty buyers, importers, traders and distributors from several countries across Europe and overseas.
As part of the ‘Meet the Buyer’ programme, 15 wineries held direct talks with 15 international buyers, creating opportunities for the participating wineries to establish new business relationships.
Austria achieved the highest national average score
The highest score in the competition was achieved by Matyisák Pince Tokaji Eszencia 2004, with 97 points; The Csernus Winery & Vineyards Rajnai Rizling 2025 (95 points) from Ipolynyék (Central Slovakia) Csernus Winery & Vineyards" Rajnai Rizling 2025 (95 points), the Grand Tokaj Gloria Tokaji Aszú 5 puttonyos 2019 (95 points), the Château Dereszla 6 puttonyos Tokaji Aszú 2019 (95 points), the Schneeweiss Riesling Smaragd Ried Steinriegl DAC 2022 (95 points) from Wachau in Austria, and the Matyisák Tokaji Eszencia 2016 (95 points).
Austrian entries performed particularly well in the international comparison, with Austria achieving the highest national average score amongst the countries with a significant number of entries. This year’s results clearly reflect the varietal composition of the Central and Eastern European region: the most common varieties included Furmint (56 entries), Kékfrankos (47 entries) and Olaszrizling (43 entries).
The detailed results are available on the competition’s website. The results of the Winelovers Wine Awards competition form an important basis each year for the Winelovers Top 100 Hungarian Wines publication, and the award-winning wines will also be presented at the Winelovers 100 Grand Tasting on 26 September.
