The “Open Balkan Wine Trophy 2024” grand prize was awarded at the “Open Balkans Wine Vision” fair. On the second day of the largest wine fair in the region, the decisions of the jury were announced, which this year was composed of 25 eminent international wine judges, among whom were six holders of the most prestigious title in the world of wine, Master of Wine. They had the big task of awarding prizes to the wines that arrived from the Open Balkans initiative member countries, Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania.
In addition to trophies for the best wines out of about 1,000 that the jury evaluated over the course of two days, platinum, gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded, and the entire list of winners by category can be seen at this link .
Winning wines:
TROPHY FOR THE BEST RED WINE – BIJELI KAMEN MERLOT 2019, TEMET WINERY, SERBIA
TROPHY FOR THE BEST RED WINE FROM AN INDIGENOUS VARIETY – VRANEC “TERROIR” GRAND RESERVA 2020, CHATEAU KAMNIK, NORTH MACEDONIA
TROPHY FOR THE BEST WHITE WINE – SIGNUM CHARDONNAY 2022, FRUG WINERY, SERBIA
TROPHY FOR THE BEST WHITE WINE FROM AN INDIGENOUS VARIETY – PEAS GRAND FRU 2020, VINCIĆ WINERY, SERBIA
TROPHY FOR THE BEST ROSE WINE – PURE ELEGANCE ROSE 2023, CHATEAU KAMNIK, NORTH MACEDONIA
TROPHY FOR THE BEST SPARKLING WINE – TRIUMPH ROSE SPARKLING 2019, ALEKSANDROVIĆ WINERY, SERBIA
TROPHY FOR THE BEST ORANGE WINE – MOMA TRAMINAC 2023, BIKICKI, SERBIA
TROPHY FOR THE BEST SWEET WINE – THREE SUN TRAMINAC LATE HARVEST 2019, FRUSKOGORSKI VINEYARDS, SERBIA
TROPHY FOR THE BEST FORTIFIED WINE – BERMET KROKAN 2012, STOJANOVIĆ, SERBIA
NATIONAL TROPHY FOR ALBANIA – SHESH AND BARDHE 2024, ENOFAMA
NATIONAL TROPHY FOR NORTH MACEDONIA – BIJELA VODA RED 2021, TIKVEŠ CHATEAUX & DOMAINES
NATIONAL TROPHY FOR SERBIA – “1903” MERLOT 2016, DELENA WINERY
Source: ba.ekapija.com
