International wine competition

Danube Wine Challenge

  • Chateau Belá
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The main goal of the Danube Wine Challenge is to focus attention primarily on wines from the countries through which the Danube River and its tributaries flow and which share common historical, cultural, winemaking and gastronomic traditions.

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The main goal of the Danube Wine Challenge is to focus attention primarily on wines from the countries through which the Danube River and its tributaries flow and which share common historical, cultural, winemaking and gastronomic traditions.

The competition is open to wines from all over the world, with the aim of pointing out the quality of Slovak wine, which is firmly anchored in the Central European area, but mainly to highlight its importance in the international context of wines. The competition will thus provide an extraordinary and unique opportunity to compare wines from different regions of the world, which differ from each other due to different soil and climatic conditions, as well as the diversity of the style of growing vines and making wine.

The competition is a member of VINOFED

World Federation of Major International Competitions of Wine and Spirits

Competition under the high patronage of the OIV

International Organization
of Vine and Wine

 
 

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

NEW IN DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE 2025
VINOFED QUALITY SEAL OF APPROVAL
 
Danube Wine Challenge, in accordance with a resolution of VINOFED members, introduces a prestigious marketing tool to promote quality of exceptional wines and thus help their visibility on the competitive international market.
 
This innovative Quality Approval Seal was designed to distinguish wines, that:

🍷 have achieved a score of 85 points or more out of 100 possible

🍷 meet high quality standards

🍷 have been officially endorsed by an international panel of expert tasters through anonymous tasting in accordance with OIV standards at a competition - member of VINOFED

 

INTERNATIONAL WINE COMPETITION DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE 2025 REGISTRATION

Date and place

From 4 to 6 June 2025
Chateau Bela, Bela, Slovakia
Online wine registration from 3 March to 23 May 2025 here.   

How to register 

Download Danube Wine Challenge 2025 registration guide here.
Deadline for delivery of samples: by 23 May 2025 at the latest  

Statutes

Read Competition Statues here.
Download Competition Statues here.
Online wine registration from 3 March to 23 May 2025 here.  

Online wine registration

 

 

Registration scheme for the Danube Wine Challenge 2025 PDF Download

DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR COMPETITION SAMPLES

The competitor shall deliver 4 bottles x 0,75 l (or 0,5 l), or 6 bottles x 0,375 l or smaller of each sample.
Deadline for delivery of samples: by 23 May 2025 at the latest. Please deliver by personal delivery or by prepaid delivery to the following address:

 

Igor Stumpf
Slnecnicova 4
945 01 Komarno
Slovakia
Phone: +421 903 984 300

 

DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE YOUTUBE VIDEOS

 

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Schedule of accompanying events

Latest events

The popular event “Nevinne o víne” ("Innocent about wine”) is the largest wine tasting in Liptovský Mikuláš. Winemakers from Slovakia and abroad will present more than 150 different wines. In particular, you will be able to taste wines that have won grand gold, gold and silver medals or other trophies awarded by  the prestigious international jury at the 10th edition of the Danube Wine Challenge.

Termín: 15. novembra 2024 od 16:00 do 21:00 hod. Miesto: Nová Cvernovka, Račianska 78, Bratislava Vstupné: na mieste 25,- eur, v predpredaji iba 20,- eur. V cene vstupenky je neobmedzená degustácia vína na mieste a kupón v hodnote 5,- eur na nákup vína so sebou.

Obľúbené podujatie Nevinne o víne je najväčšia ochutnávka vína v Nových Zámkoch. Vinári zo Slovenska a zahraničia Vám predstavia viac ako 250 druhov vína. Okrem iných Vám budú predstavené vína, ktoré ocenila prestížna medzinárodná jury na 10. ročníku veľkej medzinárodnej súťaže vín Danube Wine Challenge veľkou zlatou, zlatou a striebornou medailou alebo iným ocenením.

 

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