{"id":1909,"date":"2015-03-29T20:07:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T19:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/?p=1909"},"modified":"2015-03-29T20:08:35","modified_gmt":"2015-03-29T19:08:35","slug":"pick-your-favorite-wine-of-2014-and-win-a-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/pick-your-favorite-wine-of-2014-and-win-a-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Pick your favorite wines of 2014 and win a prize!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like the start of every year, we at IWCoK like to reflect on the previous year. 2014 was hectic. New job, never home, two teenagers to feed and appease, lots of travel, garden destroying dog, crap the Euro going up again, etc etc. I am sure each one of you have your own version of the same. Indeed, it isn&#8217;t easy for any of us. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/test-6-e1427636859774.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-1894 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/test-6-73x300.jpg\" alt=\"nej v\u00edna 2014\" width=\"192\" height=\"789\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it came to wine last year, we had the chance to sample 90 different wines from 11 different countries. They came from all over Europe including new member countries Romania and Bulgaria, and also north and south America. This is the variety we have come to expect and will definitely be on the agenda for the years to come.<\/p>\n<p>So now it is your turn to select your candidate for the <strong>BEST WINE of 2014<\/strong>.<br \/>\nEveryone sending in their pick will be entered into our GRAND PRIZE draw to get their chance to win a bottle of my favorite Bordeaux blend of 2010 &#8211; Kometa from the makers of No Man&#8217;s Land in Bulgaria. Trust me &#8211; very, very good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>So to jog your memories, here is a little help:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Hungary wines january 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/2014-hungary\/\" target=\"_blank\">January<\/a> &#8211; Hungarian wines from Jackfall and Kolonics. Theri Cabernet Sauvignon and Juhfark were hot candidates<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Summer heat in February 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/summer-heat-february\/\" target=\"_blank\">February<\/a> &#8211; We went back to Agentina and Chile. Cabernet Sauvignon Reserva DON DAVID was a hot favorite and Decanter gold medal winner<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Carnival march 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/carnival\/\" target=\"_blank\">March<\/a>&#8211; Carnival month with wines from Spain, Italy and Hungary. Chianti Terre di Popiano was one that we re-ordered a number of times<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Just wait a minute april 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/just-wait-minute\/\" target=\"_blank\">April<\/a> &#8211; This was the month dominated by the big Macedonian reds. Akrato merlot from Dudin is one of my top pics<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Simply Spanish may 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/simply-spanish\/\" target=\"_blank\">May<\/a> &#8211; This was all SPanish flavor with different Verdejo\u00a0 and Tempranillos<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Start summer in Romania june 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/start-summer-romania-special-gift\/\" target=\"_blank\">June<\/a> &#8211; We brought back some great wines from Romania including the Solo Quinto. A full oak aged Chardonnay that we can not forget.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Start your holiday from Koso\u0159 july 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/leto-vinho-verde\/\" target=\"_blank\">July<\/a> &#8211; Yes- wines from Kosor! Eno wines presented their Sangiovese from Abbadia Ardenga and the Tuscan Merlot from Philarmonica.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"L\u00e9to s Vinho Verde srpen 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/leto-vinho-verde\/\" target=\"_blank\">August<\/a> &#8211; Lets make this easy &#8211; VINHO VERDE :-)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Back to school in Balkan style september 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/zpatky-skoly-balkanskem-stylu\/\" target=\"_blank\">September<\/a> &#8211; Bulgaria month with 2 new wines from No Mans Land. 600 and Buteo<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Club treasure october 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/klubovy-poklad\/\" target=\"_blank\">October<\/a> &#8211; Sardinian wines from our friend Ichnusa Botega Bistro. Vermentino and Cannonau, yum.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Back to basics november 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/back-basics\/\" target=\"_blank\">November<\/a> &#8211; our Back to the biginning box with guest Roberto Bosticco. A mix of the basic grapes from across the globe<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fancy 4th Christmas december 2014\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/package\/fancy-4th-christmas\/\" target=\"_blank\">December<\/a> &#8211; The fancy French CHristmas box with the hit Prignac from Medoc and the cuvee from Ch\u00e2teau Florie Aude<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So don&#8217;t be left out of the big prize draw and your chance to ride the Kometa! Just send us a note to <a title=\"The best wines of 2014\" href=\"mailto:michaela@iwcok.cz\">michaela@iwcok.cz<\/a> with your top 3 picks for 2014. We can&#8217;t wait to see your top picks!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos to help you pick:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Rumunsko-darek-1024x594.jpg\" title=\"Rumunsko \u010derven 2014\" data-fancybox-group=\"fancybox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Rumunsko-darek-1024x594-220x165.jpg\" alt=\"Rumunsko \u010derven 2014\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/foto-srpen-2014-1-1200x795.jpg\" title=\"Portugalsko srpen 2014\" data-fancybox-group=\"fancybox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/foto-srpen-2014-1-220x165.jpg\" alt=\"Portugalsko srpen 2014\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kveten-Spanelsko.jpg\" title=\"Kv\u011bten 2014 \u0160pan\u011blsko\" data-fancybox-group=\"fancybox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kveten-Spanelsko-220x165.jpg\" alt=\"Kv\u011bten 2014 \u0160pan\u011blsko\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/july_Italie-b-1024x789.jpg\" title=\"It\u00e1lie \u010dervenec 2014\" data-fancybox-group=\"fancybox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/july_Italie-b-1024x789-220x165.jpg\" alt=\"It\u00e1lie \u010dervenec 2014\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0476-1200x795.jpg\" title=\"klubov\u00fd poklad Sardinie \u0159\u00edjen 2014\" data-fancybox-group=\"fancybox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0476-220x165.jpg\" alt=\"klubov\u00fd poklad Sardinie \u0159\u00edjen 2014\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_0602-1200x813.jpg\" title=\"Zp\u011bt k z\u00e1klad\u016fm listopad 2014\" data-fancybox-group=\"fancybox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/DSC_0602-220x165.jpg\" alt=\"Zp\u011bt k z\u00e1klad\u016fm listopad 2014\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_0820_21-1200x815.jpg\" title=\"V\u00e1no\u010dn\u00ed Francie\" data-fancybox-group=\"fancybox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/DSC_0820_21-220x165.jpg\" alt=\"V\u00e1no\u010dn\u00ed Francie\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Balkansky-styl.jpg\" title=\"Balkansky styl z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed 2014\" data-fancybox-group=\"fancybox\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Balkansky-styl-220x165.jpg\" alt=\"Balkansky styl z\u00e1\u0159\u00ed 2014\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like the start of every year, we at IWCoK like to reflect on the previous year. 2014 was hectic. New job, never home, two teenagers to feed and appease, lots of travel, garden destroying dog, crap the Euro going up again, etc etc. I am sure each one of you have your own version of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1909\/revisions\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwcok.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}