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For three days, Slovakia became the center of the global wine world. Success for local winemakers at one of the most prestigious wine competitions. Fifty top-tier wine tasters from four continents gathered at the 12th annual Danube Wine Challenge in...

DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE IWC 2026 International wine competition 3 - 5 June 2026, Chateau Bela, Slovakiadanubewine.sk Don’t miss the opportunity to raise the profile of your wines and strengthen their marketing potential locally and interna...

Spain won a major award at the 11th Danube Wine Challenge, held from June 4 to 6 at Château Béla in southern Slovakia. At this international competition, supported by the OIV and Vinofed, Spanish wines won a total of 30 medals, including...

The Danube Wine Challenge 2025 international competition brought historic success for Slovakia – two domestic wines won the prestigious Prix VINOFED award.  At the beginning of June, the enchanting surroundings of Château Bél...

Report from the STVR news program broadcast in Hungarian. The full text of the report is available in the STVR archive here.

Report on the Danube Wine Challenge 2025 International Wine Competition on STVR in the Hungarian-language program Hírek. The video is available in the STVR archive here.

BELÁ / Wine, a symbol of nobility and, increasingly, a Slovak export hit! After a year-long hiatus, one of the world's most prestigious wine competitions, the Danube Wine Challenge, under the patronage of the OIV, the wine industry's equivalen...

DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE 2025 featured on TV Markíza's main evening news. The prestigious international wine competition is once again attracting attention. Slovakia has once again shown itself in grand style!

An extensive interview about the event on the Aktuálne:24 program about the Danube Wine Challenge 2025 international competition. The video is available in the Aktuálne:24 archive here.

Slovak wines have once again found themselves in the international spotlight thanks to the prestigious Danube Wine Challenge competition. In addition to the international jury, a record number of wines from around the world, and especially from Slova...

13  June 2025, Château Bela: Renowned tasters from 4 continents awarded 232 medals, of which 40 Grand Gold and 192 Gold. The highest scoring wine of the entire competition (97.20 points) was the Tokaj Cuvée Ice Wine 2018 from Ostrož...

The deadline for registration and delivery of samples extended to  29 May 2025 Don't miss the opportunity to make your wines more visible and strengthen their marketing potential.    ONLINE REGISTRATION HERE

DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE IWC 2025 COMING SOON...  The date of the prestigious international wine competition held in Slovakia is approaching. Don't miss the opportunity to make your wines more visible and strengthen their marketing potential....

DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE IWC 2025 International wine competition 4 - 6 June 2025, Chateau Bela, Slovakiadanubewine.sk   Online registration here   DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE is a member of the prestigious World Federation of Majo...

The entire DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE organising team wishes You Merry Christmas and excellent Wine Year 2025. We are looking forward to having Your wines at the 11th edition of DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE 2025, which will take place at the iconic Chateau...

The Danube Wine Challenge is the only competition in the territory of the former Czechoslovakia that is a member of the prestigious World Federation of Major International Wine and spirits Competitions VINOFED. It is held under the high patronage of...

19.6.2023 BRATISLAVA: Red wine from Southern Slovakia CABALI Selection 2018 from winemaker Martin Pomfy impressed the world-famous tasters at the prestigious Danube Wine Challenge 2023. It became Champion in the category of still dry red wines a...

The ninth edition of the prestigious international wine competition Danube Wine Challenge took place from 1 to 5 June 2022. Traditionally, the event was hosted by the iconic manor house Château Belá. Hotel and Winery. Once again, th...

After a two-year enforced break caused by the pandemic, the prestigious international wine competition Danube Wine Challenge took place on 20-24 October 2021. Once again, it was held at the iconic Château Béla Hotel u...

Belá (Štúrovo, Slovakia), June 2019 – Danube Wine Challenge results and special awards announced The 7th edition of the Danube Wine Challenge International Wine Competition was held on 5 and 6 June 2019 at Chateau Bé...

Executive director of the DANUBE WINE CHALLENGE, oenologist, expert in sensory analysis, member of the Executive Committee of VINOFED, RONA brand ambassador, wine communicator and presenter of Slovak wines.    

Master of Wine, currently based in Provence, wine presenter, consultant, columnist, critic and publisher, author of numerous articles and publications on wine (e.g. Rosé – understanding the pink wine revolution), correspondent of several...

Biologist & Oenologist, President of he Union of Spanish Tasters and Director of Bacchus Madrid IWC (member of VINOFED), President of VINOFED, respected wine judge at many international wine competitions.

Master of Wine, wine lecturer, currently lecturing in 15 European countries, wine buyer for two supermarket chains in Moscow, wine consultant and critic, has his own brand of Spanish wines Liscar, expert judge at many international wine competitions...

Wine journalist, columnist and evaluator, currently living and working in the Netherlands, contributor to prestigious wine magazines (Decanter, Meiningers, Wine Business Intnl, Noble Rot…), author of the website The Morning Claret, author of s...

President of the Association of Sommeliers of the Czech Republic, WSET 3 certified, lecturer of wine education programs, wine publicist and presenter, forensic wine expert, author of hundreds of articles and co-author of many publications on wine, mu...

Importer and distributor of Slovak wines, owner and CEO of slovakwines.be, passionate promoter and ambassador of Slovak wines and Slovakia as a wine tourism destination, wine taster.  

Oenologist, renowned viticulturist and winemaker in the Slovak Tokaj region, co-owner of a well-known family winery in Tokaj, experienced judge at many national and international wine competitions.

Member of the tasting panel of the Danube Wine Challenge, wine journalist, sommelier

Vladimír MAGULA is a winemaker, sommelier and international taster. Agnes LOVECKA is a winegrower and winemaker, international taster. And this is their opinion about the Danube Wine Challenge.

Oenologist, vice-president of VINOFED, president of TG-Vin-Conseil, director and oenologist of an important Champagne Maison for 25 years, wine consultant, Rector of the Union of Oenologists of France, Technical director of Vinalies Internationales a...