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The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles is a professionally recognized organisation. More than 270 influential persons

from the worldwide wine industry take part in this event.

Louis Havaux created the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in 1994. Since then, no less than 18 editions have been organized.

Over the years the Concours has gained international recognition and can now be considered as one of the main events in the wine industry.

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2009: Valencia

2008: Bordeaux

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Brugge (Belgium)

2011: Luxemburg

For a country, hosting the Concours Mondial means magnifying the reputation of its wines at a national,

interregional and international level.

Pictures of the CMB 2011 in Luxembourg

Since 2006, the Concours Mondial has been organized abroad, aiming to emphasize its international nature and

offer to wine regions an international visibility.

Maastricht 2007 (Pays-Bas)

Bordeaux 2008 (France)

Lisbon 2006 (Portugal)

Valencia 2009 (Espagne)

Guimarães 2012(Portugal)

Palermo 2010 (Italy)

Luxemburg 2011 (GD Luxemburg)

Numbers regarding our last edition in Luxemburg

7.386 Number of entries4.359 Red wine entries 1.739 White wine entries542 Sparkling wine entries336 Spirits entries291 Rosé wine entries284 Professional judges107 Liqueur wines50 Producer countries39 Judge nationalities18 Concours Mondial event number12 Fruit wine entries 

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Tasters’ profile

Journalists

Producers and representatives of producing regions, enologists

Buying and importing officers Journalists Sommeliers

Buying and importing officers

Producers and representatives of producing regions, enologists

Sommeliers

Media coverage

At a national level, the media coverage of the Concours Mondial is considerable thanks to audiovisual media, as

well as the generalist and professional written press.

Costs + participation time table

• 128 – 144 Euro per sample (10 – 1)• 4 labelled bottles per sample to be sent

• Inscription starts on December 20th• Delivery of samples till March 9th

For more information visit our web site www.concoursmondial.comwww.concoursmondial.com