Džervin strikes gold in Vienna

19.10.2023

One of the world's largest wine competitions, AWC Vienna, has brought the Džervin winery from Knjaževac its first gold in history outside the Balkans – for the premium Riesling 2021.

Quite undeservedly left out of the spotlight of Serbia's big wine events, Džervin has, ever since its privatisation in 2017, been quietly offering wines with a fantastic price-to-quality ratio that improves from vintage to vintage.

Strictly controlled production, a leaning towards organic growing – with a three-hectare experimental Vranac vineyard now in its third year – a perfect Sauvignon Blanc that won Grand Gold at the Serbian Winegrowers' and Winemakers' Association assessment in 2021 and gold at the Balkan BIWC 2022 competition alongside the Rose Pinot, plus wines still to come to market, are all proof of the Džervin team's great dedication.

You can compromise in relationships, but never with wine, reads the clean, recognisable label of Džervin's Riesling. And that is exactly what this Riesling 2021 is: light yellow with delicate green glints, announcing a hundred shades of freshness in the glass.

Ivica Vukelić: Džervin steps up a level

After 12 failed privatisations and a near slide into oblivion, the former wine giant Džervin found a new owner in agronomist Ivica Vukelić, a native of Vojvodina. No surprise, then, that Džervin's Grašac has caught the public's attention, that the Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 won platinum at the Open Balkan Wine Trophy 2023, and that the Sauvignon and the rest of the range are impatiently awaiting even higher honours.

Podrum Džervin 1927 wins Grand Gold at the Open Balkan Wine Trophy

At the prestigious Wine Vision by Open Balkan fair, Podrum Džervin 1927 won no fewer than 10 medals, including Grand Gold for the Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 with 95 points. This success at an international competition judged by top wine experts confirms the growing quality and ambition of the Knjaževac winery, which is attracting more and more attention from wine lovers at home and abroad.

Džervin strikes gold in Vienna

At the prestigious AWC Vienna competition, Džervin won its first gold outside the Balkans, for the premium Riesling 2021. This fresh, vibrant label comes from a winery quietly building a reputation for outstanding value, with organic-leaning practices and notable successes for earlier labels such as the Sauvignon Blanc and the Rose Pinot.

View all