Prominent vintages
The world’s most prominent wine event is the CHALLANGE INTERNATIONAL DU VIN wine challange.
The received wines are ranked by professsional international connoisseurs held every two years in Bordeaux. Win-tasting is available for the audience.
The aim of the whole program is to present the wine-market and to promote the sale.
31 countries participated with 4.771 wine in the challenge and 1.320 medals were given altogether. The viticulturists of Szekszárd did well under the influence of well-established, professional work and marketing.
It is proved by the statistics from the international catalogue of 26 April 2003:
The summary:
Gold medals 314
Silver medals 567
Details:
| Namely | Red wine | White wine | Altogether |
| GOLD MEDAL | | | |
| Hungary | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Szekszárd | 3 | | 3 |
| SILVER MEDAL | | | |
| Hungary | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Szekszárd | 2 | | 2 |
The viticulturists of Szekszárd won the
60% of gold medals of Hungarian wine
100% of silver medals of Hungarian wine
Namely:
GOLD MEDAL:
Sárosdi cellar Inc: Cabernet Sauvignon - vintage of 2000
Takler cellar: Kékfrankos selection - vintage of 2000
Vesztergombi cellar: Csaba cuvée - vintage of 2000
SILVER MEDAL:
Takler cellar: Bull's Blood selection - vintage of 2000
Vesztergombi cellar: Bull?s Blood of Szekszárd - vintage of 2000
The viticulturists represented Hungary in the international event of Bordeaux and by their success they enhanced the image of Szekszárd. This proves their 10 year long co-operation and pertinacious efforts.
