{"id":8048,"date":"2023-03-03T10:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T05:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/?p=8048"},"modified":"2023-03-03T18:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T12:30:26","slug":"item_4_926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/item_4_926\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>MundusVini 2023:\u00a0 The Spring Edition with a Flying Start<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8048\" class=\"elementor elementor-8048\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4720b6a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4720b6a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53f09f7\" data-id=\"53f09f7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70aab53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70aab53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Posted: Friday, 03 March 2023 10:40<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9e937\" data-id=\"ad9e937\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cccb2a7\" data-id=\"cccb2a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4aea3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b4aea3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<u>If you Like this article, please click\n<iframe style=\"border: none; 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margin-left: 1px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 1px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mundus-Cr-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Judges at the Second Phase of Mundus Vini 2023 Spring\" width=\"400\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mundus-Cr-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mundus-Cr-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mundus-Cr-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mundus-Cr-1536x973.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mundus-Cr.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-lft\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judges at the Second Phase of Mundus Vini 2023 Spring<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>As always, the maximum number of entries are from Italy (1,829) followed closely by Spain (1508) with the host country at a distant 3rd spot with 809 samples. All the major wine producing countries including Australia, New Zealand and the US- even a small country like Afghanistan sent one sample!!<\/p><p>A minimum of 5 judges, at least 2 of whom are Germans form a panel of 5-6 judges who have come from 46 countries, including one from India on the 18th outing since he started visiting the competition in 2007. The year Subhash Arora made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/dm_157_item_7.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">debut<\/span><\/a>, saw less than 5000 entries. Last year there were over 12, 000 entries- in fact, since 2019, there have been over 12,000 entries- even during the worst of the Covid Pandemic, the competition was held though with heavy precautions and not by inviting judges living in far-off lands like India.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_3_857.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Mundusvini Summer 2020: And the Wine Competition Beat Goes on<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p><p>\u2018Together we have developed and implemented an appropriate safety concept. It would have been a pity if we had not been able to give our professional recommendations for the best wines at the 2020 summer tasting,\u2019 says Christian Wolf, adding \u2018both the producers and consumers have been relying on the tasting results of MundusVini for 20 years now. We did not want to disappoint this trust\u2019.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_803.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Mundusvini2019: 24th edition of Leading Wine Competition begins in Neustadt<\/span><\/a><\/u> <\/strong><\/p><p>A few years ago, the competition was made biannual- Spring edition in February- end and Summer edition in August end. This gave more opportunity to the producers in the Southern Hemisphere to enter the competition and there was a quantum jump in the entries for the year.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_2_787.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Mundusvini 2018: An Effective Well-oiled German Machine that spells Success<\/span><\/a><\/u>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Limited Awards<\/strong><\/p><p>The 3 medals awarded are Silver (85 %+), Gold (90%) and Grand Gold (90%). Judges are requested not to discuss or debate the sample under tasting but are encouraged to discuss if there is a significant variation in the medal being awarded to a wine. Not only are the judges invited from over 40 countries, representing a diversity of palates, the score ratings have to fall within an outer limit of 40%. This means explicitly that even though 45% or 50% of wines may earn a medal by a panel, eventually the cut-off is raised to contain all the awards within 40%.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_5_787.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Mundusvini 2018: Tread Indian Wine Industry Carefully<\/span><\/a><\/u> <\/strong><\/p><p>Following the recommendations by OIV, the number of samples is restricted to 50 a day to guard against palate exhaustion and to give all wines an opportunity to win a medal on merit.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_748.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">21st edition of MUNDUSVINI concludes successfully <\/span><\/a><\/u>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>With the first of the two phases being over (the second one will be towards the last week of August, the number of wines entered this year is expected to be well over 12,000, for the 5th consecutive year.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_2_727.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Mundusvini Wine Competition completes the record 20th edition<\/span> <\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Non-alcoholic Wines<\/strong><\/p><p>Despite diverse opinions expressed by various consumers, \u2018non-alcoholic wines\u2019 is the latest global phenomenon after the alcohol free beers came to limelight and made their mark. Kylie Minogue, the famous Hollywood star bitten by the wine bug, recently introduced 0 % alcohol Rose sparkling wine which has created a lot of buzz. There have been well over 150 samples of such wines that were tasted by 2 jury panels on 26 February, the last day of the competition. Results of this segment are to be announced along with alcohol wines.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_1_663.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">MundusVini 2015 International Wine Award attracts Record Entries<\/span><\/a><\/u>\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>MundusVini is a family<\/strong><\/p><p>MundusVini is not merely a well-established and well-oiled wine competition showcasing the traditional German efficiency, but it is also a family that includes generally the international judges as well. The concern for each other has been amply shown at various occasions including the competition in 2020 when the competition had been marred by Covid-19 and the tragic war thrust upon Ukraine.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_7_617.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">15th edition of MUNDUS vini 2014 concludes Successfully<\/span><\/a><\/u> <\/strong><\/p><p>An example of Mundus Vini being a family came was highlighted when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_3_857.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Arora<\/span><\/a> who had attended the Spring edition in 2020 in February but missed the Summer 2020 edition in August 2020 due to the pandemic, sent a message to Christian on a Saturday, one day before the final Tasting requesting him to organize a Zoom session if feasible, inviting the judges who were not present, could \u2018participate\u2019 in the final \u2018Thank You\u2019 speech and rituals next day.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_7_327.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">MundusVini displays Strong Italian Accent<\/span><\/a><\/u> <\/strong><\/p><p>Wolf put his best foot forward and motivated the overburdened IT team to organize the event on Sunday at 10 AM local time when Christoph Meininger and Christian Wolf made their final speeches. The usual pomp and show was missing but the fine gesture was appreciated by one and all.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read : <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/item_6_304.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #990000;\">Countdown begins for 9th Mundusvini Wine Competition<\/span> <\/a><\/u> <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Subhash Arora<\/strong><\/p><\/div><div class=\"articledata\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted: Friday, 03 March 2023 10:40 If you Like this article, please click MundusVini 2023: The Spring Edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,81],"tags":[199],"class_list":["post-8048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-headlines","category-wine-food-feature","tag-mundusvini-2023"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","slider-bg":"","card-grid":"","card-list":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/other-headlines\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Other Headlines<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/category\/wine-food-feature\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wine &amp; Food Feature<\/a>","tag_info":"Wine &amp; Food Feature","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8048"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8084,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8048\/revisions\/8084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indianwineacademy.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}