Five Grand Gold medals, 77 Golds, 99 Silvers and 17 Bronzes were awarded by two panels at the tasting held ahead of the 31st Exhibition of Wines from Indigenous Croatian Varieties and the MoslaVina 2025 Wine Festival in Kutina on 23 and 24 May 2025. A total of 215 samples were entered, with the emphasis on indigenous Croatian varieties. Among them were 127 wines from 25 native varieties, the most numerous being Škrlet with 61 samples.
The Best of Show and the top-rated wine among the young Škrlets is Škrlet 2024 from Vina Košutić of Kutina. It won a Grand Gold medal, which required at least 91 points. Škrlet Familia 2023 from the same winery, also a Grand Gold, took first place among the aged Škrlets. A Grand Gold also went to the best-rated wine among the other white indigenous varieties, Pošip Sur Lie 2022 from the Toreta winery in Smokvica on Korčula.
The best-rated wine from non-indigenous varieties among the members of the »Lujo Miklaužić« Association of Winegrowers and Fruit Growers of Moslavina is Gewürztraminer 2021 from the Trdenić winery in Popovača. Among red wines from indigenous varieties, first place went to Teran Il Primo 2021 from the Fakin winery in Motovun, while the best-rated amber wine is Debit Oya Noya 2020 from the Ante Sladić winery in Plastovo near Skradin. These wines received gold medals.
The tasting at Hotel Kutina was organised by the „Lujo Miklaužić“ Association of Winegrowers and Fruit Growers of Moslavina in Kutina, the Town of Kutina and the Kutina Tourist Board. It was chaired by Josip Orišković, an ASI International and HSK certified sommelier as well as a wine educator and lecturer, while the two judging panels were led by Vinski Klub founders Tomo Jakopović and Ivo Kozarčanin. 
The judges were wine scientists, oenologists, sommeliers and wine distributors: Dr Zvjezdana Marković, Jana Košćec, Matea Jagar, Ivana Ovčina Čagalj, Lovro Mikalužić, Stevan Kostreš, Marko Škarica and Toni Babić. The diplomas and awards will be presented on 23 May 2025 as part of the opening of the 31st MoslaVina 2025 Wine Festival on Dr Franjo Tuđman Square in Kutina.
14.05.2025.
