Hungarians win golden prize at the world’s most prestigious sparkling wine competition!

The Kreinbacher Estate won a golden prize at the world’s most prestigious sparkling wine competition for the fifth time. The Hungarian sparkling wine company keeps expanding its capacities due to the growing demand.

The Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC) is the biggest, as well as the strictest, international competition. Specialists are tasting champagne and sparkling wine for two weeks to give out the golden and silver prizes to the world’s best drinks, Forbes reported.

The judges this year included the founder of the championship, Tom Stevenson, Master of Wine Essi Avellan, as well as champagne ambassador Simon Stockton. They had to taste more than 1,000 drinks, nominated from 30 countries from all around the world.

In the end, they gave out 128 golden and 237 silver prizes, and out of these, they will announce the winners according to countries and different categories, as well as the world’s absolute best, between the 7 and 11 of December.

The Hungarian Kreinbacher Estate received one gold and two silver prizes. The golden prize winner is the Kreinbacher Brut Classic 2016 Magnum, which is a traditional sparkling wine matured in a 1.5 l bottle for three years, giving it a rich aroma and soft bubbles. The silver prize winners are the Kreinbacher Prestige Brut and the Prestige Brut 2016 Magnum.

Another Hungarian sparkling wine producer, Carastelek Winery, won two silver prizes with their Blanc de Blancs and Classic Brut sparkling wines.