The title of National Champion of Romania and the special Best in Class award for Best Sparkling Rose in Romania was awarded to Carassia Rose Magnum sparkling wine at the World Champagne and Sparkling Wine Championships (CSWWC) awards dinner in London.

Carassia Rosé Magnum won a Gold medal, while two Silver medals went to the Carassia Classic Brut and the first vintage edition sparkling wine in the history of the Carastelec Sparkling winery, which is yet to be released.

The Chairman’s Trophy, one of the four highest distinctions of The Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championship (CSWWC), the title of National Champion of Romania, and four Best in Class awards. These are this years’ awards that Carassia sparkling wines have earned in London.

With three gold (Carassia Rosé, Carassia Blanc de Blancs Magnum and Carassia Classic Magnum) and one silver medal (Carassia Classic Brut), we achieved the best results so far at the Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championship. Each of the four entries performed brilliantly. Following our white sparklings, the rosé one also entered the gold medalists ’elite club this year.

Carassia Classic and Carassia Blanc de Blancs won a silver medal at this year’s The Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championship (CSWWC). It is a great pleasure for us that we have been continuously present on the award-winning list of this prestigious contest. All the awards and the trophies achieved so far proves that we managed to produce world-class sparkling wines every year.

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.