At this year’s 26th Grand International Wine Award Mundus Vini 2020 (Spring Tasting) almost 7500 wines from all over the world were presented and tasted by 268 wine experts from 54 countries. The six-day tasting, that took from 18th to 23rd February 2020 at the Saalbau in Neustadt, Germany, proved that the wines from all over the world demonstrated excellent quality level as it ended with the award of 43 Grand Gold, 1,546 Gold and 1,406 Silver Medals. Italy won the most awards exactly 658 medals, followed by Spain with 631 medals, third place goes to France with 325 medals, 286 medals for Portugal and Germany with 239 awards.
The six-day tasting, that took from 18th to 23rd February 2020 at the Saalbau in Neustadt, Germany, proved that the wines from all over the world demonstrated excellent quality level as it ended with the award of 43 Grand Gold, 1,546 Gold and 1,406 Silver Medals. Italy won the most awards exactly 658 medals, followed by Spain with 631 medals, third place goes to France with 325 medals, 286 medals for Portugal and Germany with 239 awards.
The Macedonian wineries won an impressive 28 gold and 13 silver medals- 5 Gold medals & one silver for Chateau Kamnik, one gold for Chateau Sopot, one gold for Venec, 4 golds & one silver for Dalvina, one gold & one silver for Domaine Lepovo, 2 gold & 2 silver for Popov, 6 gold & one silver for Stobi, 3 gold & one silver for Tikves, one gold for Lazar, 2 silvers for Imako Vino and 4 gold & one silver for Touch Wines, who also won Best of Show for their Premium Merlot 2017. In addititon, Stobi Winery received the award for best Macedonian producer.
Being my third time to judge at this prestigious competition, my notion is that the success in the competition lies in the impeccable organization by the Meinenger family and their team, the excellent programme of the event that involves presenting wines from little know countries in the world and of course the quality of the samples.
During the upcoming ProWein in Düsseldorf to be held March 15-17, 2020, around 650 winning wines from the Mundus Vini Spring Tasting will be presented to the specialist public at the world’s largest and most important wine trade fair. On the first day of the fair, the Mundus Vini board honors the wine producers whose wines has been awarded a “Best of Show” at an award ceremony.
In addition, the full list of medals won by the Macedonian wineries:
Gold Medals:
Chateau Kamnik
Ten Barrels Syrah 2017Ten Barrels Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Signature Merlot Grand Reserva 2017Heritage Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Cuvee de Prestige 2017
Chateau Sopot
Vranec 2017
Dalvina
Ar-Makedon 2016
Dioniz Vranec 2017Hermes Vranec 2017Hermes Merlot 2017
Domaine Lepovo
Grand Cuvee 2016
Lazar
Erigon Kratoshija 2017
Popov
Vrshnik Pinot Gris-Gewurtztraminer 2018
Cuvee Prestige 2017
Stobi
Private Reserve Vranec Veritas 2017
Private Reserve Vranec Veritas 2016
Private Reserve Vranec Veritas 2015
Private Reserve Axios 2015
Stobi Cuvee White 2019
Rkaciteli 2019
Tikves
Barovo Red 2017
Special Selection Vranec 2017
Alexandria Cuvee Red 2018
Touch Wines
Premium Shiraz 2017
Premium Merlot 2017- Best of Show
Premium Cuvee Superior 2016
Grand Cuvee Red 2017
Venec
Orle Vranec 2017
Silver Medals:
Bovin
Alexandar 2018
Vranec 2017
Chateau Kamnik
Winemaker’s Selection 2018
Dalvina
Dionis Merlot 2017
Domaine Lepovo
Rose 2019
Imako Vino
Constellation Vranec 2018
Black Diamond Vranec 2017
Popov
Smolnik Vranec 2018
Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2017
Stobi
Vranec 2018
Tikves
Barovo White 2019
Touch Wines
Merlot 2017