Several wineries from different countries will be running for the prizes: best wine in its category, silver medal, gold medal and great gold medal. Concours director Thomas Costenoble described competing wines from the Guimarães region as "modern" and destined to please palates world-wide for its "fresh and vivacious character and low alcohol content". In the latest edition of "Concours Mondial de Bruxelles", Portugal participated with about 650 wines and got 235 medals.