26th International Wine Competition

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1 26th International Wine Competition Purpose and meaning VINOFORUM 2017 builds on the previous annual international wine competitions taken place in Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, the Czech Republic, China and Poland.. The aim of the VINOFORUM Wine Competition and Exhibiton is to annually compare the quality of wines of the Central European region to the rest of the world, and to further spread the wine culture outside areas traditionally associated with it. 2. Date and place of the evaluation and the exhibition Date: Wine Competition evaluation stage Location: Sono Center Brno, Veveří 113, Brno, Czech Republic, recepce@sonocentrum.cz Date: Award Ceremony and the Wine Exhibition for public: Congress Center Brno a.s., Výstaviště 1, Brno, Czech Republic 3. Organisers The Wine Competition organisers are the Wine Stars Moravia in conjunction with Sono Centrum Brno. The competition takes place under the patronage of the Presient of the South Moravian Region and the Mayor of Brno. The Wine Competition is supported by the Wine Fund of the Czech Republic. The partners of the competition are: the Association of Wine Producers of the Czech Republic, the Wine Association, the Bohemian Wine Guild, the National Wine Center of the Czech Republic, the Mendel University in Brno - Faculty of Horticulture Department of Viticulture and Enology (Lednice), Slovak University of Technology Bratislava - Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Tomas Bata University Zlín - Faculty of Technology - Department of Food Analysis, Union of Someliers and the Czech Association of wine tasters. The media partners are Vinařský obzor magazine, Vinič a víno (SR) magazine, WINE and DEGUSTATION, DENÍK, web portal Vína z Moravy, Vína z Čech (Wine from Moravia, wine from Bohemia), Radio Petrov, Czech Radio Brno, Czech TV Brno. 4. Terms and conditions of participation The wine competition is open to all wine producers and traders who meet the conditions of this statute. Pursuant to the Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 on the description, designation, presentation and protection of certain wine sector products, table and fruit wines are excluded from the competition. Wines from the Czech Republic must comply with the Act No. 321/2004 Coll. as amended.

2 The Wine Exhibition is open for entry to all wine producers and traders. Wine producers and wine merchants not participating in the Wine Competition can still take part in the public Wine exhibition. The organiser has the right to exclude competition samples that do not meet the criteria of the competition statute. Samples from producers or importers who, according to an official announcement of the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority, have been found to be repeatedly violating the viticulture law in the 3 years prior to the competition will also be excluded. 5. Applications and competition samples Each applicant is required to apply only electronically on the National Wine Center website To submit an exceptionally filled application for registration of wine grower, applicant and sample of wines until marek.babisz@vinarskecentrum.cz Sample must bear the following information: name and address of the producer and the applicant, category, variety, country of origin, vintage, residual sugar content (g / l), acid content (g / l) (mg / l), alcohol content (% vol.), batch number and quantity of the wine of each batch available to the applicant. A copy of the Ministry of Agriculture's decision on the classification of wine according to 14 of Act No. 215/1995 Coll. (until ), respectively SZPI pursuant to Section 26 of Act No. 321/2004 Coll. as amended (since ), forms an attachment of the application form for the domestic quality wines, quality wines with special attributes, sekts s.o. and aromatic sekts. The documents for wines of domestic production of 2016 vintage, which are subject to the above classification, must be delivered no later than 15 th November Failure to do so will result in the exclusion from the competition. A proof of the grapes origin (a copy of the vineyard land register or a copy of the grape purchase document) forms an attachment of the land wine application form. The organiser of the Wine Competition has the right to reject samples that do not meet the conditions of the above statute. The competition sample consists of 6 bottles of wine of 0.375, 0.50 or 0.75 litres. All samples become the property of the Wine Competition organiser. Applicants are obliged to deliver the competition samples, at their own expense, to one of the following collection points: BS Vinařské potřeby, Shop Velké Bílovice Ing. Jaroslav Sopouch Žižkovská 1230, Velké Bílovice TRANSVIN Wine Shop Tel , , Tel , Staňkova 8b, Brno, Czech Republic Tel FEDOR MALÍK and son J. & J. OSTROZOVIČ Kalinčiakova 21, Modra, Nižná 233, Veľká Trňa, Slovak Republic Slovak Republic Tel Tel The packaging (carton) of the competion samples is to be labelled with VINOFORUM 2017 and Samples of no commercial value. Labelled cards can also be sent to: Vinotéka TRANSVIN, Staňkova 8b, Brno, Czech Republic 6. Registration fee The registration fee is 40 EUR (1.100,- CZK) per sample, 75 EUR (2.000,- CZK) for 2 samples and a total of 105 EUR (2.800,- CZK) for 3 samples. Each additional sample is 30 EUR (800, - CZK).

3 The discounted registration fee is 800,- CZK for one sample, 1.500,- CZK for 2 samples and a total of 2.100,- CZK for 3 samples. Each additional sample is 600,- CZK. The discounted registration fee applies to members of the Association of Wine Producers of the Czech Republic, the Wine Association and the Bohemian Wine Guild. Applicants are obliged to pay the registration fee by a bank transfer to the account of the competition organiser no later than 15 th November Account details: Account name: Wine Stars Moravia Bank: FIO Account number: Bank code: 2010 SWIFT / BIC: FIOBCZPPXXX IBAN: CZ The variable symbol is the applicant s business identification number (IČ) or the applicant's birth number. Payments by cash can only be collected (in justified circumstances) at the collection points. When submitting samples to collection points, applicants are required to provide evidence of the bank transfer of the registration fee to the account of the competition organiser. 7. Composition of the Evaluation Committees The guarantor of the competition is prof. Ing. Fedor Malík, DrSc, President of the expert jury. Competition samples are assessed by five-member expert committees, which are composed of highly recognized foreign and domestic wine tasters. The prerequisite for the participation of Czech tasters is their valid SZPI (Czech State Agricultural and Food Inspectorate) sensory qualification or tasting qualification according to the European ISO and DIN standards. The evaluation of the competition samples is overlooked by a non-evaluating professional threemember jury consisting of the president, the director and the enologist of the competition. The President of the expert jury, in cooperation with the director and the enologist of the competition, arbitrates possible anomalies in the evaluation. 8. Evaluation of the Wine Competition The competition samples are evaluated by a 100-point system of the International Union of Oenologists. The final score for each competition sample, excluding the highest and the lowest values, is the arithmetic mean of all scores. If the highest score is achieved by more than one competition sample a further evaluation criterion, the total sum of points from all tasters in the expert committee, is used. All wines are rated anonymously, served in a covered bottle, with only the sample number displayed. The competition samples are sorted by variety, vintage and residual sugar content. The organiser of the competition is obliged to archive the evaluation score sheets for 5 years. 9. Entry of the competition samples Competitive samples are logged only on the National Wine Center website ELWIS (Electronic Wine System) is an original system for the registration and evaluation of wines. To submit an exceptionally filled application for registration of wine grower, applicant and sample of wines until marek.babisz@vinarskecentrum.cz

4 10. Certificates and medals Competition samples that receive 90 and more points are awarded with a Grand Gold medal, 86 to points with a Gold medal and 83 to points with a Silver medal. Champion titles are awarded for the best white dry wines (category ), other white wines (category , ), rosé wines (category , ), red wines (category , ), natural sweet wines (category ), sparkling wines (category , , , ), liqueur wines and wines from under the skin* (category , , , ). A title is awarded on the condition that at least a 20 competition sample participation, in the given category, is fullfilled. The batch number of the appropriate competition sample is always stated on the award certificate. No more than 30% of the total number of submitted competition samples are awarded with a title. 11. Wine competition category Category Residual sugar (g / l) Reference symbol I. White wines dry (0 to 4) semi-dry (from 4 to 12) semi-sweet (from 12 to 45) II. Rosé wines dry (0 to 4) other (from 4 to 45) III. Red Vines dry (from 0 to 4) other (from 4 to 45) IV. Natural Sweet Wines (above 45) without colour distinction V. Sparkling wines dry (0 to 12) semi-dry (from 12 to 32) semi-sweet (from 32 to 50) sweet (above 50) VI. Liqueur wines and wines from under the skin * dry (0-6) semi-dry (from 6 to 40) semi-sweet (from 40 to 80) sweet (above 80)

5 * This category includes: wine ripened under the coating of special yeast (flor) and wine made from overripe, botrytised or partially dried grapes and the like, with the exception of sweet wine with a residual sugar content of more than 45 g / l 12. Special provisions The organisers reserve the right to print and distribute exclusive medals with the logo of the wine competition in the form of wine stickers specifically, stickers for the winners of the Champion titles, the Grand gold, Gold and Silver medals. The medals are designed so that they showcase the prestige of the winning bottles and underline their exclusivity. The organisers will issue, at the request of the applicants, the medal stickers to the maximum amount according to the quantity of wine specified on the application form. The price of the medal is 0.06 EUR or 2,50 CZK each. However, the final price of the medals is based on the amount ordered. The larger the order the lower the price. Medal stickers can be used on the award winning wine until all stock of the awarded batch is sold. Orders to the amount of the awarded batch of wine can be made by phone on: or