ZEBRA WINES participated for the first time this year in the prestigious international wine competition Cuvée 2023, organized by the Ostrava Wine Builders Club K.A.H.A.N. in cooperation with the hotel Zámek Zábřeh and the National Wine Centre. This unique competition, which took place in April and May, is now in its 21st year and represents a unique opportunity for winemakers from Bohemia, Moravia and abroad to showcase their best coupages, assemblages and vignettes. This year's event attracted 136 competition samples from eight countries - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Austria and South Africa. The wines were evaluated under the expert guarantee of the National Wine Centre and awarded with a 100-point scale, which is in line with the criteria defined by the National Standards for Certified Wine Competitions in the Czech Republic.
ZEBRA WINES entered two wines into the competition - Spier Creative Block 2 (cuvée Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon) and Creative Block 3 (cuvée Shiraz, Mourvedre and Viognier). And both samples won awards! Creative Block 3 won a silver medal and a gold medal from the public jury, while Creative Block 2 won a double gold medal and even became Champion of the white wine competition. This achievement is a great honour for Spier Wines and a confirmation of the quality of their wines.
The Cuvée 2023 competition was founded by the founder Prof. Vilém Kraus and the organizers of the K.A.H.A.N. Ostrava Wine Builders Club with the aim to support and promote winemaking in the Moravian-Silesian region. This year's edition confirmed the high level of wines from this region, when Moravian wines won a total of 5 large gold, 14 gold and 53 silver medals. Foreign participants also performed well, with France (3 gold, 3 silver), Slovakia (2 gold, 5 silver) and Bulgaria (2 gold, 2 silver) recording the most successes.
ZEBRA WINES is very proud of the success of the winery we represent in the Cuvée 2023 competition and looks forward to the next edition in 2024.
