International Wine Contest Bucharest- 4 days of judging, 1495 samples from 32 countries, jurors from 19 countries

Focsani, 30th of May 2016: during 26th and 29th of May 2016, at Focsani, county of Vrancea, took place the 13th edition of one of the biggest international wine competition from Eastern Europe - International Wine Contest Bucharest 2016. Focsani, county of VRANCEA was the host of the first itinerant edition of IWCB.

The number of international jurors:

• 21st foreign jurors
• 16th Romanian jurors

IWCB 2016 gathered:

• Mr. Jean Claude Ruf (France)- OIV observer
• Mr. Richard Pfister (Switzerland)- warrant representative from VINOFED
• Mr. Ted Lelekas (Greece)- vicepresident FIJEV

All 37 jurors came from 19th countries such as: France, SUA, UK, Republic of Moldavia, Romania, Germany, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Spain, Serbia, Greece, Australia, Switzerland, Poland, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark.

The total number of registered samples: 1495 (self-imposed target), from which:

• 48% samples from Romania (717 samples)
• 52% samples from abroad (778 samples)

From all those 1495 samples, 1396 were still wines, 66 sparkling and 33 spirituous.

The total number of countries whose samples competed: 32 (Abhazia, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaidjan, Bulgaria, Chile, Ciprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Republic of Moldavia, Macedonia, New Zeeland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Slovenia, Turkey, SUA, Uzbekistan, Kosovo and South Africa).

The top of the competing countries regarding the number of samples:

• 1. Romania- 717
• 2. Republic of Moldavia-182
• 3. Italy- 132
• 4. France- 60
• 5. Spain- 41
• 6. Macedonia – 40
• 7. Bulgaria 27
• 8. Australia – 26
• 9. Serbia – 25
• 10. Germany – 24

The structure of still wines entered in the competition, regarding the vintage:

• 1975 - 2010 including: 58
• 2011 – 2015: 1328
• Non-vintage: 10

The structure of still wines entered in the competition, regarding the colour:

• White wines: 630 (45% of total still wines)
• Rose wines: 155 (11% of total still wines)
• Red wines: 611 (44% of total still wines)

The structure of still wines entered in the competition, regarding the residual sugar:

• Dry wines: 1029 (74% of total still wines)
• Medium dry wines: 228 (16% of total still wines)
• Medium sweet wines: 66 (5% of total still wines)
• Sweet wines: 73 (5% of total still wines)

Romania registered 717 samples in the competition, from which:

• Still wines: 691
• Sparkling wines: 19
• Spirituous: 7

The structure of Romanian still wines, regarding the vintage:

• 1975 - 2010 including: 22
• 2011 – 2015: 669

The structure of Romanian still wines, regarding the colour:

• White wines: 354
• Rose  wines: 91
• Red wines: 246

The structure of Romanian still wines, regarding the residual sugar:

• Dry wines:508
• Medium dry: 115
• Medium sweet: 36
• Sweet wines: 32

The results of the competition will be published online, on the official website of the competition www.iwcb.ro, Friday, 3rd of June, 4 pm.


Catalin Paduraru
CEO IWCB
Focsani, 30th of May 2016