The Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is one of the most important international competition in the wine industry. In this years February, we sent for the first time our samples to the Decanter’s competition, a total of five wines.

It is a great honour for us that Carastelec Winery and its sparkling wines contributed to the introduction of Romania as a sparkling wine producer country in the luxurious fourth edition of Christie’s World Encyclopedia of Champagne and Sparkling Wine. The book was written by multi-award winning wine writer Tom Stevenson and Essi Avellan, Master of Wine was launched in November 2019.

On November 4, in London, the Gold medal winners of The Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championship (CSWWC 2019) along with special awards and trophies were announced. In addition to the gold medal in July, Carassia Classic Brut Magnum was now also given the Best in Class Romanian Magnum and Best in Class Romanian Non-Vintage Brut. According to this results our first edition of Carassia Classic in Magnum is the best Romanian sparkling wine and became National Champion of Romania.

For three years now, the Carassia sparkling wines prove that the Crişana area is the sparkling  terroir of Romania. This was confirmed by The Rising Star World Champion award in 2018. Moreover, this year, the Carassia sparkling wines win a gold and two silver medals.

On October 24, in London, the Gold medal winners of The Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championship (CSWWC 2018) along with special awards and trophies were announced. Sparkling wines and wineries were rewarded, and world champions were given the titles of Best in Class Winner, Regional Champion and World Champion by Style. In addition to the gold medal in July, Carassia Blanc de Blancs was now also given the Best in Class qualification in its category. The fact that the international jury offered the first Rising Star trophy in the history of the contest to Carassia at the CSWWC award ceremony, came as another great acknowledgement.