Cuvee 2017 - information for wine producers & merchants

The 15th edition of this unique international competition of blends and branded wines will be held on the 10th and 27th April by the Club of Ostrava’s Wine Aficionados, K.A.H.A.N. in conjunction with the Zábřeh Castle Hotel in Ostrava and the National Wine Centre which is based in Valtice.

The presumptuous aim of the organisers of Cuvée Ostrava competition is to witness a renaissance of the good name of blends or brands and their return to the forefront of the products on offer from Czech and Moravian winemakers, as is customary in other major wine-producing countries. In the words of the spiritual father of the competition Professor Vilém Kraus: "There's no Cuvée like a Cuvée", meaning that each and every blend is different.

President of Jury: Prof. Fedor Malík

Competition Oenologist: Doc. Josef Balík

Statutes: www.cuvee.cz/en/statutes-of-wine-competition/

Application: www.elvis.cz/en

Collection of Samples: April 4 - 5, 2017. Competition participants are exempt from paying any fees.

Collection Points: National Wine Center (Národní vinařské centrum), Zámek 1, Valtice, Marek Babisz, tel. +420 602 470 262; Martin Křístek, Na Pořadí 1002, 735 41 Petřvald, Czech Republic, tel. +420 603 240 661 (competition samples may be delivered to this collection point and also send by post until April 7, 2017); Fedor Malík, Kalinčiakova 21, Modra, Slovakia, tel. +421 907 890 988.

Evaluation of Wines: April 10, 2017, National Wine Center, Valtice Castle

Exhibition for Public: April 27, 2017, Zábřeh Castle, U Zámku 42/1, Ostrava

Contact: Dr. Martin Křístek, tel. +420 603 240 661, martinkristek@cuvee.cz

                                                                                     Translation: John L. & Helena Baker