Step on the bridge between East and West

“Wine competitions are a great aid to the consumer – who is often confronted with so many wines to buy they find it difficult to choose.  It gives the consumer guidance and confidence in their purchase if the medal winning wine has been scored highly by experts – says Rose Murray Brown, Master of Wine, judge at Winelovers 2022 and 2023. – The contests are particularly important in Central Eastern Europe as many of these wine countries are unknown to wine lovers as they are up-and coming.  The contests help the consumers choose from a range of unknown names – and helps the producers promote their product as a quality wine.”

“Wine contests are a valuable tool both for the consumer and the winery, especially if the wines do not boast with notorious recognition, as it is often the case with hidden gems from the Central and Eastern European countries. Medals awarded wines in serious wine contests improve brand awareness and visibility, which is true “gold” for wine countries from the Central and Eastern European countries. It attracts the consumer’s interest towards less- known wines and sometimes helps the product sell better than a thousand words would do, in places where there is no sommelier or a specialised salesman” – comments Julia Scavo wine writer and sommelier champion, judge of the competition in 2022 and in 2023 as well.

“Throughout history, Hungary has always functioned as a bridge between the East and the West, and our winemaking traditions and skills are also well suited to playing a catalytic role in this field,” explains István Tábor competition director, adding that the region’s wines still need export opportunities and marketing specifically supporting exports. Winelovers Wine Awards also helps them to do this, since, as well as extensive communication in Hungary, the wine competition is also linked to increasingly strong international publicity.

Entries are now open for the 2023 Winelovers Wine Awards, and producers can enter by submitting the necessary details on the competition website.

• More information on the Winelovers Wine Awards website: https://wineloverswineawards.com/
• List of 70 eminent wine experts in the jury of 2023: https://wineloverswineawards.com/jury
• Videos of the 2022 event and interviews with the judges: https://wineloverswineawards.com/videos
• Photos from the 2022 wine competition: https://wineloverswineawards.com/gallery
• Entering to the competition: https://wineloverswineawards.com/enter
• Entry fee structure: https://wineloverswineawards.com/entry-fee
• Key dates: https://wineloverswineawards.com/key-dates

ENTRY DOCUMENTS to be used

• company info: wineloverswineawards.com/Company-infos-Winelovers-Wine-Awards.pdf
• wine data: wineloverswineawards.com/Wine-data-Winelovers-Wine-Awards.pdf
• entry is also available online: https://wineloverswineawards.com/enter