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Sauvignon Selection by CMB in STEIERMARK/STYRIA

The Concours Mondial du Sauvignon becomes Sauvignon Selection by CMB.
April 18th to 20th, 2024, the international Sauvignon Blanc competition Sauvignon Selection by CMB will take place in Steiermark/Styria.

Winemakers from Steiermark/Styria have been demonstrating their skills for years at the largest international Sauvignon competition, which is also one of the most influential white wine competitions in the world. Thus, Steiermark/Styria is establishing itself as an important growing region for first-class Sauvignon. As a supporting program around the blind tasting of over 1,000 Sauvignon Blancs, the 60 international experts will get to know the terroir, wines and winegrowers of Steiermark/Styria.

The Sauvignon Selection by CMB is an international wine competition whose goal is to showcase the diversity of Sauvignon Blanc. The event takes place annually in spring in a selected wine region. In 2018, Steiermark/Styria was already the host country, and the tasting took place in the provincial capital of Graz.

In 2024, the jury members will blind taste Sauvignon Blancs from all over the world right in the middle of the STEIERMARK wine region, internationally known as Styria. The competition will take place at Bildungszentrum für Obst- und Weinbau Silberberg – Landesgut Silberberg in Leibnitz, the regional winemaking school. The supporting program will take participants to the three wine-growing regions of Südsteiermark, Vulkanland Steiermark and Weststeiermark. Steiermark/Styria, as the most mountainous wine-growing region of Austria and with an illyrian climate offers optimal conditions for fragrant, juicy Sauvignon Blancs. In addition to excellent wines, there are many more reasons to visit the Green Heart of Austria: the green, lush landscape, winegrowers who warmly welcome their guests to their family-run wineries and typical winery restaurants called Buschenschanken, the rattling Klapotetz, the landmarks of the region and much more.

Styrian Success at Concours Mondial

At national and international tastings, Sauvignon Blancs from Steiermark regularly achieve top ratings. This is also shown by the results of the Sauvignon Selection, formerly the Concours Mondial du Sauvignon, in recent years.

The Competition & the Program

The Sauvignon Selection by CMB is an international wine competition whose goal is to showcase the diversity of Sauvignon Blanc.

Wein Steiermark - the host 2024

The competition is organised by vinopres and support by Wein Steiermark will take place in Styria in 2024

Concours Mondial de Bruxelles - the organizer

Concours Mondial de Bruxelles - the organizer introduces itself. The Sauvignon Selection by CMB is part of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, which is organized by the Belgian company Vinopres.

Sauvignon Blanc from Styria

Ried Oberglanz Copyright Wein Steiermark | Pixelmaker

On the steep hills of Styria in the heart of Europe, Sauvignon Blanc finds ideal conditions. A brief overview of the development of recent years and the Styrian terroir

DAC Origin System Steiermark

The DAC origin system Steiermark, which was introduced in 2018, stands for "wine with protected origin" and offers outstanding wines with a guarantee of origin. The DAC areas Südsteiermark DAC, Vulkanland DAC and Weststeiermark DAC were the first areas in Austria to make hand harvesting of grapes mandatory.

The renaming of the competition

Sauvignon Blanc Wettbewerb in der Steiermark Copyright

Concours Mondial du Sauvignon becomes Sauvignon Selection by CMB. Styria is hosting the international competition in 2024.

Revelation Trophies endorse the quality and potential of Styrian Sauvignon

Concours Mondial du Sauvignon 2023 Sieger: Weingut Adam-Lieleg

Revelation Trophies endorse the quality and potential of Styrian Sauvignon

We want to make the best Sauvignon blancs in the world ...

Stefan Potzinger: "We want to make the best Sauvignon blancs in the world, and in many tastings, we already are ..."

Sauvignon blanc, the jewel in Styria’s crown

If ever a wine region captured the zeitgeist for white wines, it has to be Styria or ‘Steiermark’, in South-Eastern Austria.

Styrian Sauvignon's multiple personas

Drilling down into Sauvignon from Styria and its multiple personas.

Viticulture in the Steiermark has many centuries of history. The name of Archduke Johann must certainly be mentioned.

Styrian Wine-growers - History - Wein Steiermark

Styria - The green heart of Austria. Styria has a lot to offer between the alpine north and the hilly south: from the highest mountain, the Dachstein at 2,995 metres above sea level, to the largest contiguous alpine pasture area in Europe and culinary delights in 167 Kulinarium Steiermark establishments or more than 1,000 wine taverns.