Winemaker of the Winemakers selection

This award is considered to be the most prestigious Hungarian award by many experts, because the winemakers themselves choose the best one. Colleagues can probably more appreciate each other’s achievement, knowing all the challenges and obstacles of this profession. Check out the list of the 50 nominated winemakers announced last week.

The process of the award

First the previous award winners nominate, thus we receive a list of 50 top winemakers. Then the voting period takes place, the 50 nominated winemakers vote for their favourite one among themselves. The 5 winemakers with the five most votes will be the finalists. The 50 then will vote again and decide who gets the “Hollywood Walk of Fame”-like star on the pavement of Zrínyi street in Budapest (sometime in April).

 

The youngest, the farthest and the others

To get to this list, winemakers should first get into the mind of the 16 earlier winners (János Konyári passed away). To be visible is key – thus winemakers should participate in community activities, national wine contests, be active. Besides, it is essential to make remarkably good wines. Being excellent is not enough, to get to the list the winemaker should create outstanding wines.
We can find several famous, top winemakers among the 50, producers who have won several other awards, for example the Winemaker of the Year title, like József Bock from Villány, Ferenc Vesztergombi from Szekszárd, János Frittmann from Kunság.