The 5th edition of Winelovers Wine Awards in June was a record again with 1,161 entries from 15 countries. The award ceremony is coming closer, it will take place on 26 September in Budapest, and we talked to the representative of one of the most successful wineries, Feind Winery from Balatonfüred–Csopak wine region. Andrea Sajó, commercial director of Feind told us which wine they are most proud of.

Feind wines are available in several countries, for example in the US by Credo Imports and in Denmark by PaTrioVin. If you are interested in their wines, contact Andrea Sajó.

How did you hear about the Winelovers Wine Awards and why did you decide to enter?
We have been entering this competition for a while, the feedback of the serious professional jury of the WWA is very important to us. International competitions are generally important to us, which is why we regularly enter the Decanter World Wine Awards and the Berliner Wine Trophy, but we are also always present at the Hungarian National Wine Competition.

A real shower of medals fell on you, 10 medals, wow! Knowing the jury members and seeing the rigor, this is very serious! Which of your results are you most proud of?

First of all, for the fact that 10 of the 10 nominated wines received medals! This is the first year that all our wines performed so well, we are very proud of it, especially seeing the line-up of professionals. We are perhaps most proud of the gold-medal 2021 Merlot, a truly special wine that is not produced in every vintage, but only in the best years. The same wine received a gold medal at the National Wine Competition (2025), the VinAgora (2024) and the Berliner Wine Trophy (2026), while an earlier vintage, 2019 won gold medal at the Asian Wine Trophy.
It is also a great pleasure that our new Bollicine product line also brought such excellent results. These light aerated sparkling wines replaced the Play product line, the word bollicine means little bubble, and our Bollicine wines were well received by both the industry and the public.

Did you announce your results in some form? Have you shared them somewhere?
Of course, we always inform our resellers about the competition results, and our customers and followers learn about our successes on Instagram and Facebook. We primarily communicate gold medals, of course, we are also happy with silver and bronze medals, but we consider these to be more important professional feedback.

Has there been any concrete result of the successes? Any inquiry, perhaps Auchan selection or other?
Absolute! The above mentioned Feind Merlot will be included in Auchan’s Christmas wine selection! If you want to put it under the Christmas tree, you should make an effort, because we only have 3,000 bottles left, and the next vintage will be 2025, which is still resting in the cellar.
But success has a concrete, tangible result, as a commercial director I can say that for sure. These successes are also felt in the sales of Metro and Lidl stores, but also in our webshop and wine shop.
More information about Feind Winery

Our earlier article about Credo Imports launching sales in more states of the US

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Our earlier article about the Danish PaTrioVin

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