VINARIUM International Wine Contest announces: THE XXII EDITION (May 22nd – 25th, 2025) will take place in Ploiești.

1346 samples were received from 22 countries: South Africa, Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Republic of Moldova, Macedonia, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine.

  • 228 operators (producers, importers, traders, representatives of producers) entered samples
  • Still wines, sparkling wines and vitivinicultural spirits were entered into the competition
  • 39.82% of the total samples entered were from outside Romania – the organizing country.

Judging will take place in 8 panels, each composed of 5 judges/panel. Each panel will be led by a President. https://www.iwcb.ro/en/jury-2025/

The total number of judges is 47, coming from 20 countries: Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands.

The official observers present in Ploiești are:

    • Mr. Richard Pfister, Elvetia, OIV Observer

    • Mr. Manuel Capote, Spania, VINOFED Observer

    • Mrs. Janna Rijpma Meppelink, Netherlands, FIJEV Vice-President

The consensual score for each sample will be calculated as the arithmetic mean of all the judges’ scores, after removing the extreme scores (the highest and lowest scores).

• The following will be awarded:

  • Great Gold Medals (score 93-100)
  • Gold Medals (score 89-92.9)
  • Silver Medals (85-88.9)

• According to OIV Regulations only 30% of the samples entered in the competition can obtain a medal

In addition to the Gold, Silver and Great Gold Medals, the following special prizes will be awarded:

  • VINOFED will award prizes for the dry wines that obtained the highest scores in the competition, in the categories: white wines, rosé wines, red wines and sparkling wines.
  • FIJEV will award special prizes for the Romanian wines with the highest scores, wines that contain Romanian varieties or are blends in which Romanian varieties represent at least 50%.

IPPU Packaging & Kurz Romania Awards

VINARIUM jury will select the top 3 visual presentations – overall, packaging & labeling – in terms of aesthetics, support of the oenological message, winery personality, plus the manner of creation. IPPU Packaging together with KURZ Romania are offering three prizes that include the production of a print run of 5000 sets of labels (front and back), made with skill and professionalism by the IPPU Packaging and KURZ Romania teams.

Importers’ Awards

To increase the business potential of the imported wines that won medals at VINARIUM, VINARIUM & vinul.ro are organizing (post-competition) an event to (re)acquaint these wines by importers from Romania. The Importers’ Awards will be awarded. The wines looking for an importer will have the opportunity to be discovered by Romanian selectors for the local market who will get to know the wines, their medals, prices and packaging and will have the contact details of the producers at their disposal.

VINARIUM 2025 results will be posted online on the official website of the competition www.iwcb.ro on May 30th, 2025.

Main Partner: Corteva

Partners 2025: Smurfit Webstrock, Aqua Carpatica, Agri Alianta, IPPU, La Mama, Constantin Photography, Creative Impact, Master Graphic Media, Stolzle Lausitz, Sentia, Business Grow Up, OEVE, Enomatic

`Mobility partner: Suzuki

Media Partners: Vinul.ro, Revista Fermierului, Wine Searcher, Fijev, Winesday