5th Web Wine Writing winners announced!

Written By Elizabeth Smith

5th Web Wine Writing winners announced!
by Ágnes Németh
hungarianwines.eu

The Hungarian Wines Web Wine Writing contest was launched by a Hungarian wine writer, but the competition is not exclusively about Hungarian wines, the topics are broader, what is more this year a video category was added as well. The award ceremony took place last week (25 August) at Pannonhalma Archabbey Winery in Hungary, within a wine event with 20 estates.

At this annual summer wine contest first renowned jury members evaluated the articles and selected the finalists, then the readers and viewers could vote for their favorites – with this double system the winners are not only good writers but also great influencers. Jury included experts like Rose Murray Brown MW, Wojciech Bonkowski and Charlie Arturaola.

This year 61 entries have been submitted from several countries: Hungary, Poland, Sweden, Spain, Italy, the USA and the United Kingdom. And the winners are...

1. Béres category by Béres Vineyard, Tokaj
Topic: Hárslevelű grape
Winner in English: Gergely Somogyi
https://news.tokajtoday.com/2022/07/25/the-case-for-harslevelu-why-furmints-daughter-is-worth-caring-about/
Finalists: Peder Lehmann Larsen, Marco Barbieri

2. Koch category by Koch Winery, Hajós–Baja
Topic: Unfiltered wines
Winner: Elizabeth Smith
https://easmith.net/livingthetastylife/2018-wetzer-furmint-tokaj-hungary
Finalists: Dániel Ercsey, Szilárd Lázár-Kovács

3. Polish category by the National Council of the Hungaria wine communities
Topic: Hungarian wines in Poland
Winner: Michal Kiss
http://www.niewinnepodroze.pl/villany-bordowe-serce-wegierskiego-winiarstwa/
Finalists: Anna Smolec, Olaf Kuziemka

4. Video category by Hungarianwines.eu
Topic: Description of a Hungarian wine in moving pictures
Winner: Dániel Ercsey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUnYby5paYc
Finalists: Allison Slute, Vincent Bugozi

Winners of the Hungarian language categories
– Tibor Dékány
– Sándor Silye
– Tamara Borostyán-Kovács
– Dániel Ercsey

All the finalist entries can be found here:
https://hungarianwines.eu/web-wine-writing-2022/

The topics of the next edition are to be announced in May 2023. To receive information in time, subscribe to Hungarianwines.eu newsletter at https://hungarianwines.eu.

Elizabeth Smith

Dr. Elizabeth Smith is a former college professor and wine club manager turned award-winning writer, copywriter, and wine and writing competition judge. She is the Creative Partner and Brand and Marketing Director for Danube Wines, a wine importer and retailer based in Bristol, United Kingdom, whose focus is Central European wines. Elizabeth's writing awards include the 2017 Born Digital Wine Award for Best Tourism Content with a Focus on Wine and the 2022 Koch Winery category in the annual Hungarian Wines Web Wine Writing Competition. She was also a finalist in the 2023 Wine Travel Awards "The Brightest Journey" category and served as a jury member for the 2023 Winelovers Wine Awards Competition in Budapest, Hungary, and Open Balkan Wine Trophy in Belgrade, Serbia. Elizabeth holds a doctoral degree in community college education, master's and bachelor's degrees in French, a graduate minor in Spanish, and Wine & Spirit Education Trust’s Level 3 Advanced designation. She is a member of the Circle of Wine Writers, Les Dames d’Escoffier International Sacramento and Sonoma chapters, and the International Food, Wine, and Travel Writers Association.

https://easmith.net
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