About

Wine competition dedicated to sparkling wines is integral part of Salon of Sparkling Wines from its beginning in 2014. Three years later, in 2017 (mostly) Slovenian sparkling wines from SSW Ljubljana got company from Croatia. Since than the wine competition is common for all Salons of Sparkling Wines and held on one of the salon locations. The jury is international, members are representatives of: winemakers, oenologists, sommeliers, Chefs, journalists, hospitality partners, trade etc. 

 

The international sparkling wine competition is two-level competition, which means that end results will be classified in two ways and that we will be present two types of awards:

- Salon awards: at the opening of an individual salon, we will announce best ranked sparkling wines (by categories) of all those sparkling wines that were submitted by the winemakers of each salon and award them with salon awards;

- Great recognition of the network: classification of all sparkling wines (by categories), which will be submitted from all wine producers from the countries where Salon of Sparkling Wines is present. 

Wine Competition

2020

Date: 9th December 2019

Place: hotel Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Croatia

Presidents of the jury: Ivana Nemet (HR), Dušan Brejc (SLO)

Jury: Ivana Puhelek, PhD, oenologist (Cro), Dušan Kalanj, sommelier (Slo), Jože Rozman, wine journalist (Slo), Špela Štokelj, young winemaker (Slo), Darko Lugarić, sommelier (Cro), Milena Zakarić, sommelier (Srb), 
Saša Zec, oenologist (Cro), Antonija Čeme, oenologist (Cro), Mario Meštrović, sommelier (Cro), Vanja Mramor, sommelier (Slo), Željko Suhadolnik, wine journalist (Cro), Nikola Šember, young winemaker (Cro), Ivo Kozarčanin, wine journalist (Cro), Franjo Francem, mr. sc. oenologist & sommelier (Cro)
 

Winners 2020

White sparkling wines:

  1. Istenič, Prestige extra brut, 2013, Bizeljsko-Sremiški, Slovenija

  2. Zlati grič, Penina vintage, 2010, Štajerska Slovenija, Slovenija

  3. Vina Kauran, Muscat, brut, 2010, Štajerska Slovenija, Slovenija

SALON OF SPARKLING WINES Network

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Rosé sparkling wines:

  1. Vino Kozinc, Penina Joker Zara, brut, 2016, Dolenjska, Slovenija

  2. Petrač, Bregh rosé, brut, 2017, Središnja bregovita Hrvatska, Hrvatska

  3. Vipava 1894, Penina rosé, brut, 2017, Vipavska dolina, Slovenija

SALON OF SPARKLING WINES Zagreb 

White sparkling wines:

  1. Istenič, Prestige extra brut, 2013, Bizeljsko, Slovenija

  2. Vina Kauran, Muscat, brut, 2010, Štajerska Slovenija, Slovenija

  3. Istenič, No. 1, brut, NV, Bizeljsko, Slovenija

Rosé sparkling wines:

  1. Petrač, Bregh rosé, brut, 2017, Središnja bregovita Hrvatska, Hrvatska

  2. Vipava 1894, Penina rosé, brut, 2017, Vipavska dolina, Slovenija

  3. Vinska kuća Pavlomir, Ružica Vinodola, brut, 2017, Hrvatska Istra i Kvarner, Hrvatska

SALON OF SPARKLING WINES Ljubljana 

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White sparkling wines:

  1. Istenič, Prestige extra brut, 2013, Bizeljsko, Slovenija

  2. Zlati grič, Penina vintage, 2011, Štajerska Slovenija, Slovenija

  3. Vina Kauran, Muscat, brut, 2010, Štajerska Slovenija, Slovenija

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Rosé sparkling wines:

  1. Vino Kozinc, Penina Joker Zara, brut, 2016, Dolenjska, Slovenija

  2. Vipava 1894, Penina rosé, brut, 2017, Vipavska dolina, Slovenija

  3. Čarga | Since 1767, Donna Regina Brut Rosé, brut, 2016, Brda, Slovenija

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