Competition
Black Sea Region Wines and Spirits Contest
7 awards on 6 wines in our catalogue, 2016–2017.
- Weight class
- Moderate weight
- Awards in the catalogue
- 7
Why this weight
How the class was assigned.
The class is a judgement about the competition, not about the wines. It rests on four public grounds, and what we relied on is printed here in plain text.
Regional competition for wines of the Black Sea countries: first held in Batumi in November 2016 under OIV patronage (118 wines from 26 companies), then in Chișinău, Moldova (432 wines in 2017, 444 in 2018). The OIV cap held: 135 medals for 444 entries in 2018, about 30%. Weight is moderate: the field is small and regional, and the organiser and entry fee are not published in the sources we found.
What decides a class
Blind tasting
Is the tasting blind, and are the rules published?
Share of medals
What share of entries leaves with a medal?
The jury
How is the jury composed, and how independent is it of the entrants?
Cost of entry
What does entry cost, and is marketing sold alongside the medal?
Where we cannot establish these, the class stays unassigned — a guessed grade is worse than an honest gap.
Weight class
A visible competition with a partly published methodology. The medal counts, but is not equal to a major one.
- Held in
- Different countries
- Awards in the catalogue
- 7
- Wines
- 6
- Award years
- 2016–2017
of them claimed by a producer or shop: 7
Medalists
Every award from this competition in our catalogue.
Grouped by the year the award was given, newest first. A medal belongs to a batch rather than to a wine in general, so the vintage of the awarded batch is printed on the row.
2017
3 awards- GoldMarani MukuzaniTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2014claimed
- Kondoli Vineyards SaperaviTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2014claimed
- Marani Premium Red Medium SweetTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2015claimed
2016
4 awards- GoldKondoli Vineyards SaperaviTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2013claimed
- GoldMarani KindzmarauliTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2015claimed
- GoldSatrapezo SaperaviTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2013claimed
- Marani TsinandaliTelavi Wine Cellar · vintage 2014claimed
A row marked claimed is known from the producer or a shop rather than from the competition's own results. Medals are weighted by how trustworthy the competition is — they are never summed as equals, and a wine without awards is not worse than one with a pay-to-play medal. How we weigh awards.
Sources and other competitions
Where these results come from.
Producer's website
7 awardsMedals the producer lists for its own wines, with the year and the vintage as stated. Marked claimed on the row.
A medal recorded wrongly, or a class you think is unfair? Producers and readers can send a correction, and a person reads every message.