The Wine Salon of the Czech Republic presents the 100 best wines for 2026. The prestigious collection will be open to the public from 31 January
The National Wine Centre has unveiled the 100 wines of this year's Czech Wine Salon, the country's largest and highest competition. A representative collection of 100 wines passed an extremely demanding three-round evaluation and won the gold medal of the Wine Salon. The tasting exhibition in the historic cellar of the Valtice Chateau will open to the public on 31 January 2026. The gold medals will be presented to the winemakers on 5 February 2026 in the Chateau riding hall in Valtice.
The Wine Salon of the Czech Republic has long represented the pinnacle of domestic winemaking. This year's collection came from 2724 entries, which gradually passed through the sub-regionalrounds, the first national round and the final evaluation by professional tasters. 400 wines from 142 wineries made it to the final round, from which the expert committee selected the 100 best wines.
The winners of each category
Champion of the competition and winner of category A - White dry wines
Tramín red, selection from grapes, 2023, no. 1923 - Vinařství Škrobák
Winner of category B - Semi-dry and semi-sweet white wines
Tramín red, selection from grapes, 2023, no. 45/24 - Sedlecká vína
Winner of category C - Sweet wines
Riesling, grape selection, 2021, No 21193 - HABÁNSKÉ SKLEPY
Winner of category D - Rosé wines and clarets
Frankovka rosé, late harvest, 2024, no. 20/24 - Miroslav Habřina
Winner of category E - Dry red wines
Frankovka, grape selection, 2023, no. OP2/23 - Kubík Winery
Winner of category G - Quality sparkling wines
Dominique blanc de noirs, growing sparkling wine, 2019, No. L9102 - Kamil Prokeš winery
The award for the best wine collection went to BV winery.
"This year's edition is absolutely exceptional in terms of competition. A record 1,631 samples were entered in the first national round and it was extremely difficult for winemakers to compete in such a large number. The enormous quality and balance of this year's collection is evidenced by the fact that 87 of the top 100 wines advanced to the Salon with a rating ofm 90 points or more," emphasized Petr Gondáš, Wine Salon manager from the National Wine Centre. According to him, thanks to its uncompromising system, the Salon guarantees top quality and gives visitors the opportunity to get a comprehensive picture of the current state of our winery. People will recognise the wines awarded with this prestigious label by the gold medal "Salon of Wines 2026" on the bottles, not only in Valtice, but also in mainstream stores and restaurants.
The collection of 100 gold medal winners of the Salon des Vins 2026 includes a total of 26 varieties from 61 winemakers and wine companies. The largest representation in the current edition went to BV Winery with six wines, followed by Bzenec Chateau Winery with five samples. Four wines in the prestigious selection have Vinařství Miroslav Volařík and Vinařství Buchtovi. In terms of varieties, traditionally Riesling dominates with 14 representatives, followed by Riesling Walnut and Veltliner Green, which have ten wines each. Among red wines, the most successful this year were the Frankovka and Pinot Noir varieties, both represented by nine wines.
The award ceremony for all wineries represented in the Wine Salon will take place on Thursday 5 February 2026 in the castle riding hall in Valtice.
The tasting exhibition in the historic cellar of the Valtice Chateau will be open from 31. January until almost Christmas and will offer visitors several types of programs, from the popular free tasting to programs guided by a sommelier. The 26th edition of the competition, which is organised by the National Wine Centre with the support of the Wine Fund and in cooperation with the Association of Winegrowers of the Czech Republic, was held under the auspices of President Petr Pavel, the Governor of the South Moravian Region Jan Grolich and the Minister of Agriculture.
The complete list of awarded wines and detailed statistics are available in the appendix of this report.
For more information, please visit www.salonvin.cz and www.narodnisoutezvin.cz.
Contacts for media
Ing. Petr Gondáš, Wine Salon Manager, National Wine Centre, o.p.s.
+420 602 470 261
petr.gondas@vinarskecentrum.cz
Kateřina Martykánová, PR Manager
+420 602 576 870
martykanova.katka@gmail.com
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