GROW is an acronym composed of the names Graševina, Olaszrizling and Welschriesling. All of these, and more, are synonyms for the name of the great variety widely distributed across Central Europe and the Danube basin.
GROW du Monde is an international wine challenge that will gather wines made from Graševina, Riesling Italico, Grašac Beli, Laški Rizling, Welschriesling, Ryzlink vlašský, Olaszrizling or Riesling Italian - call this great variety as you prefer.
The aim of the project is to promote this excellent variety on the international market, connect and share experiences among countries that cultivate it, discover all aspects of the variety and its potential, and ultimately, in a synergistic effort, develop The Variety alongside local tourism.
GROW is an initiative of three wine writers from three different countries, Saša Špiranec (Croatia), Zoltán Győrffy (Hungary) and Igor Luković (Serbia).
The historic town of Mikulov, located in the heart of South Moravia, Czech Republic, hosted this year’s edition of the GROW du Monde wine competition from June 2nd to 5th. The awards ceremony took place on June 5th in the Upper Courtyard of Mikulov Castle.
Following rigorous judging, the top honors were awarded to the following category champions:
• Champion of Young Welschriesling: Ryzlink vlašský 2025 – Vinařství No. 44 (95.00 points)
• Champion of Aged Welschriesling: Ryzlink vlašský 2023 – Vinařství MiQueen (96.00 points)
• Champion of Sweet Welschriesling: Ryzlink vlašský ledové 2023 – Šebesta Martin (96.00 points)
• Champion of Sparkling: Ryzlink vlašský 2021 – WINERY ĐURĐIĆ (93.00 points)
• Champion of Orange Welschriesling: Orange Wine 2022 – Vinarija Vučurević (95.00 points)
• Champion of Cuvée: Cédrus 2024 – Folly Arborétum (90.00 points)
• Champion of Semi-Dry / Semi-Sweet: Ryzlink vlašský 2023 – Vinařství Volařík (94.33 points)
The entry fee is 70 EUR net per sample. We require 4 bottles of each sample.
For applications including more than two samples from the same winery, the entry fee is EUR 60 net per sample, for 4 and more the fee is EUR 50.
(1 sample €70, 2 samples €120, 3 samples €180, 4 samples €200, 5 samples €250, 6 samples €300).
You can submit your wines via the Elwis system, where you will find the application form and complete information regarding sample collection in individual countries.
The entry fee must be paid based on the issued invoice. Once paid, the invoice serves as confirmation of participation in the competition.
The final date for sending the online application form: 14th May 2026.
Deadline for delivery of the samples in the National Wine Center is 20th May 2026.
Four bottles of each sample should be submitted to the addresses of the national coordinators below:
The National Wine Center
691 42 Valtice Czech Republic
Contact person:
Email: growdm2026@gmail.com
Pannon Borbolt Kft.
7622 Pécs,
Nyírfa u. 26.
Contact person:
Zoltán Győrffy
info@growdumonde.eu
Tel: +36 70 311 98 35
Vinart d.o.o.
Tomislavova ulica 3
10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Contact person:
Mirna Srebrović
mirna@vinart.hr
Tel +385 91 631 55 65
Vino & Fino
Španskih boraca 14 (Aleksandra Tijanića 4)
11070 Novi Beograd, Serbia
Contact person:
Gordana Radojević
gordana.radojevic@vf.rs
+381 63 29 3737
Judging panels are made by experienced international judges and some of them are:
Bruno Gaberšek (SLO), Daniel Ercsey (HUN), Davide Bortone (ITA), Igor Luković (SRB), Ivan Barbič MW (SUI), Jakub Přibyl (CZE), Kruno Filipović (CRO), Matthew Horkey (USA), Michal Šetka (CZE), Saša Špiranec (CRO), Sue Tolson (GBR), Tibor Vítek (SVK), Tomasz Prange Barczyński (POL), Tomislav Ivanović (SRB), Zoltán Győrffy (HUN)
and others.
Michal Šetka
michal.setka@gmail.com
Tel: +420 603 547 758
Klara Kollárová - for applications
Monika Nejeschlebova - for delivering samples
growdm2026@gmail.com
