It’s official! The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles will take place in China in May 2021. This is the second time the competition head for China. After a successful maiden event in Beijing in 2018, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles has chosen the wine region of Ningxia to host its 28th competition, and explore the very heart of China’s wine industry.

The decision was announced at the close of the 2020 competition. Unfortunately, due to ongoing health restrictions, no representatives from Ningxia were able to travel to Brno.

“Although we cannot be present in this competition, we hope to express our greatest joy and gratitude of becoming the next host for a wine competition that is highly respected in the trade. The wine business has become such an important pillar in Ningxia that we cannot wait to share our passion with many of the brilliant minds in the world of wine ”, says the Mayor of Yinchuan, Mr. Yujing Yang.

The tasting sessions for the 28th Concours Mondial de Bruxelles will be held from 20 to 23 May 2021.

China’s area under vine has experienced a meteoric rise in recent years. Covering nearly 850,000 hectares, the country’s vineyard area has made it a major international winegrowing player. Its production has grown exponentially, both in quality and quantity. Thomas Costenoble, CEO of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles expounds further: “This is the second time that this kind of international wine event has been held in China. After Beijing, we are heading for Ningxia, China’s most promising wine region which most certainly has some amazing surprises in store for us”.

The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles is an international competition where over 8,000 wines are entered by producers and judged by a panel of experts. Our seasoned judges taste competing wines with a single-minded objective and that is to select wines of irreproachable quality, irrespective of their label or the prestige of their appellation. The Concours is one of the most important international events of its kind. After Switzerland in 2019 and the Czech Republic in 2020, the tastings will be held in China in 2021.

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