Mondial des Vins Extrêmes 2025, CERVIM announces the best heroic wines

77 Grand Gold Medals and 221 Gold Medals awarded among the more than 1000 wines in competition: this is the result of the tasting commissions that met recently in Sarre (Aosta) for the 33rd edition of the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes . For the only wine competition in the world dedicated to mountain viticulture, whether on steep slopes or small islands and organized annually by CERVIM – Center for Research, Studies, Safeguarding, Coordination and Promotion of Mountain Viticulture, 2025 also marks an important innovation : Albania 's participation for the first time, awarded with two Gold Medals.

"Year after year, edition after edition, the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes reminds us how stimulating and fascinating heroic viticulture is," says CERVIM President Nicola Abbrescia . "The winemakers participating in our international competition face challenging harvests and unique terroirs, creating wines of quality and character. The participation of over 1,000 labels and the debut of Albania, a small but interesting producer with strong growth potential, confirm how this competition is global and constantly expanding."

In addition to the medals, 17 Special Prizes were also awarded: the CERVIM Grand Prize and the VINOFED Prize to the PDO Valle de Güímar Brumas de Ayosa Blanco Seco 2024 from SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar (Arafo, Tenerife), the highest-scoring wine and the best dry wine of the competition. The CERVIM Special Prize went to the wineries Terres des Templiers (Banyuls Sur Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales), Weingut Reis – Feine Weine! (Briedel, Moselle), La Crotta di Vegneron Coop. Agricola (Chambave, Aosta Valley), SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar (Arafo, Tenerife), and Domaine Jean-René Germanier (Vetroz, Canton of Valais). The CERVIM Excellence Award was awarded to the AOP Banyuls Traditionnel Fauve 2014 by Terres des Templiers, the Moselgold Riesling Fruchtig Süß 2021 by Weingut Reis – Feine Weine!, the Calabria IGT Santa Trada 2024 by Casa Vinicola Criserà Srl, the DOP Valle de Güímar Brumas by Ayosa Tinto Joven 2024 by SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar and the AOC Valais Amigne de Vétroz Mitis 2022 by Domaine Jean-René Germanier. The CERVIM Futuro Award was awarded to Federico Broglia, the best young winemaker at the helm of Domaine Valleise (Arnad, Valle d'Aosta). The CERVIM Piccole Isole Award went to the IGT Terre Siciliane Grotta dell'Oro 2024 from Azienda Agricola Hibiscus (Ustica, Sicily); the CERVIM Donna Award went to Maria Antonietta Melis, who, together with her sisters Emanuela and Roberta, runs the Eminas SSA winery (Mamoiada, Sardinia); the CERVIM Originale Award went to the wine produced with ungrafted grapes, DOP Islas Canarias Conatvs Airam 2024 from Bodegas Conatvs (Lajares, Fuerteventura); and, finally, the Premio Mondial des Vins Extrêmes went to the Canary Islands, the wine-growing area with the largest number of entries.

The fifth edition of the Extreme Spirits International Contest , an international competition dedicated to spirits distilled from pomace, lees, and wine, also aimed at promoting their respective production areas, took place simultaneously. The results were excellent: among the 61 competing spirits from Italy, Spain, and Peru, 20 Grand Gold Medals and 2 Special Prizes were awarded. The Extreme Spirits Grand Prize was awarded to the spirit with the highest overall score, the Valle de Güímar Brumas de Ayosa Vermut Blanco 2024 from SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar (Arafo, Tenerife), while the Extreme Spirits Excellence Award went to Pisco Viña De Los Campos Mosto Verde Italia from Productora Viña De Los Campos SAC (Lima, Peru) as best wine spirit.

The complete list of results is available on the website www.mondialvinsextremes.com . The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday, November 22nd during Vins Extrêmes 2025, the international exhibition of wines from heroic viticulture, scheduled for November 22 and 23 at Forte di Bard (Aosta).