PRESS RELEASE

The Wine Masters Challenge – World Wine Competition , one of the oldest wine competitions in the world, founded in 1999, hereby informs that it was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in the total loss of data accumulated over 25 years of activity.

Given this situation, we have been forced to change the registration date for the next edition of the competition, which will now take place between May 23 and 27, 2026.

We are currently working actively to restore our website online. The company responsible for hosting our domains and websites to date, OVH , has failed to safeguard the essential elements of the website
www.winemasterschallenge.co.uk.

For this reason, all our domains and websites have been transferred to the Irish company Hostinger , which has so far demonstrated high standards of professionalism, reliability and se-curity.
We take this opportunity to thank all of our clients, partners, and participants for their trust and loyalty over these past 25 years. We remain deeply grateful for your continued support.

We are also pleased to announce the introduction of a new digital edition , which will include:

• Official announcement of the contest results.
• Press releases
• Articles from the various wine committees
• Contributions from wine producers and traders worldwide.

This content will be published through Wine Masters Magazine .
We would also like to inform you that the Wine Summit Estoril – Portugal , an international event of great importance to the wine sector, is scheduled for 2028 .

We invite you to closely follow our future announcements.

With best regards,

Wine Masters Challenge 2026