International wine competition

Danube Wine Challenge

Chateau Belá
Next edition: June 3–5, 2026

Competition Results

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 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

International Organization of Vine and Wine

Union Internationale des Œnologues

Auspices over the event

IMPORTANT DATES

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 2026 REGISTRATION

Date and place

From 3 to 5 June 2026
Chateau Bela, Bela, Slovakia
Online wine registration to 22 May 2026 here.

How to register

Download Danube Wine Challenge 2025 registration guide here.
Deadline for delivery of samples: by 22 May 2026 at the latest

Statutes

Read Competition Statues here.
Download Competition Statues here.
Online wine registration to 22 May 2026 here.

Online wine registration

Registration scheme for the Danube Wine Challenge 2026 PDF Download

DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR COMPETITION SAMPLES

The competitor shall deliver 3 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 22 May 2026 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