9,080 wines competed this year for the coveted Concours Mondial de Bruxelles medals in Valladolid, the capital of Castilla y Leon. The 320 international panel members awarded Silver, Gold and Grand Gold medals to top entries.
This year the competition resumed its tour of Europe’s leading wine regions, travelling to the vineyards of Castilla y Leon from May 5-7, 9080 wines from 50 producing countries competed before a selection of the world’s foremost tasters. In all, 320 wine tasters representing 50 nationalities gathered for 3 days to judge entries.
Concours Mondial de Bruxelles is the only wine competition to perform post-event sample checks in order to ensure the consistent quality of its medal winners.
The next Concours Mondial will be hosted by the Haidian district in Beijing from May 10-13, 2018.