News 2016

Wines from Romania, Republic of Moldavia and Italy are on the top. Romania and Republic of Moldavia obtained the only two Great Gold Medals given this year

Bucharest, 10th of June 2016: Wednesday, 8th of June this year, at Bragadiru Palace from Bucharest, took place the International Wine Contest Bucharest 2016 Gala. This year’s edition of the competition, the first one itinerant, was hosted in Focsani, Vrancea County.

“IWCB accomplishes the mission to be an entity of hierarching and promoting quality wines, both in the benefit of the consumers and producers. Regarding the competition’s evolution, our main goal is that at the following editions, to find and impose improvements accepted by OIV ( International Organisation of Vine and Wine) during the evaluation process. Also, we are glad to contribute in this way at the reentry of Romania in the superior league of the world of wine, in terms of production and market ” says Catalin Paduraru, CEO IWCB.

About the winners

The Great Gold Medals from IWCB 2016 were received by a Romanian wine (Tamaioasa Romaneasca, vintage 1975, obtained in Statiunea Pietroasele) and a Moldavian one (Chardonnay  vintage 2013 Botrytis, a product of Château Vartely).

The most appreciated rose dry wine – C’est soir Rose (Cabernet Sauvignon) 2015 from  Domeniile Lungu, Romania.

The most appreciated red dry wines – Encore Syrah 2012 from KATARZYNA ESTATE LTD, Bulgaria and St. Andrews Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 de la Wakefield/ Taylors Wines, Australia.

Romania obtained 187 medals (41,5% from the total number of medals):

• 1 Great Gold Medal
• 59 Gold Medals (36% from the total number of Gold Medals)
• 127 Silver Medals (45% from the total number of Silver Medals.

The best importer from Romania is also in 2016, VINEXPERT with 8 Gold Medals and 7 Silver Medals.

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

Global Wine and Spirits and Vinul.ro are together Main Media Partners of IWCB 2016.

The Romanian market and the international community of wine business, will be equally informed of the medals won by the international and local wine producers participating to IWCB 2016.

This way, all winners will have the chance to convert the results of the contest in worldwide real sales.

Also, as a novelty, our „Results Section” will link every winner and his results at IWCB 2016 to medals won at other major contests he participated to. This way, both traders and wine enthusiasts will have a wider picture of the results for each medal winning wine.

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International Wine Contest Bucharest 2016 is the world’s first competition under OIV rules which doesn’t charge any fee for judging the submitted samples.

All wines are submitted free of charge!

Click here for on-line registration or here for registration by e-mail.

IWCB take into account the new realities of the global economy and change the paradigm of high caliber competitions, taking on the task of opening new roads for worldwide wine industry.

Since 2016, IWCB becomes an itinerant contest which this year, will take place in the middle of the largest region of Romanian wine industry, Vrancea – aka Vine and Wine Country. This fact give to the jurors, journalists and representatives of the OIV the chance to get introduced to this important wine region of Romania.