Judges 2026

VESNA MARAŠ, Full time professor in Viticulture, Biotechnical faculty, University of Montenegro She graduated in July 1990 at the Faculty of Agriculture in Sarajevo. She received her master's degree in 1995. at the Faculty of Agriculture in Belgrade, departmant of Viticulture - Ampelology. She obtained the title Doctor of Agricultural Sciences in the field of Biotechnology - Viticulture (Ampelology) in 2000. at the Faculty of Agriculture in Belgrade. In 2017, she completed postdoctoral studies in the field of Viticulture - Genetics at the Institute of Vine and Wine - ICVV, Logroño in La Rioja (Spain). She has done specializations at many prestigious viticulture/winemaking centres. From 2004 to 2022, she was the Director of Development at the company "13. jul Plantaze" a.d. in Podgorica, Dean of the Faculty for Food Technology, Food Safety and Ecology, University Donja Gorica, Podgorica (2012 – 2022 ), and from 2023. Full time professor at Biotechnical faculty at University of Montenegro. She has published more than 100 scientific and professional papers in international and national journals. She is a participant and manager of numerous domestic and international projects. She is the author of seven selected Vranac variety clones, which were recognized as patents in 2017. She is co-author of six new grape varieties created at the Center for Viticulture and Winemaking of the Biotechnical Institute in Podgorica. She is a member of the Committee for Agriculture of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts. She is a long term wine judge at many international wine competitions: Wine Ljubljana in Slovenia, Mundus vini in Germany, Balkan International Wine Competition (BIWC), Open Balkan Wine Vision in Belgrade etc. For her scientific and research work and contribution to the development of the viticulture and wine sector in Montenegro, she obtained several awards: the award for the most successful woman in science in Montenegro for 2012 (Ministry of Science of Montenegro), the award for inventor - innovator for the most successful patent or innovative solution in 2014 (Ministry of Science of Montenegro). She was awarded the medal for inventors by the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO in 2016 for 7 selected clones of the Vranac variety. Postdoctoral studies, Institute for Vine and Wine, La Rioja, Spain, 2017 Research field: viticulture – biotechnology/genetics, Postdoctoral thesis: Genetic diversity of grapevine in Montenegro; PhD, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, 2000 Research field: Biotechnology – ampelology, Doctoral thesis title: “Ampelographic characteristics of kratosija grapevine varieties in Montenegro” MSc, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, 1995, Research field: Ampelology Masters thesis title: “Impact of climatic and edaphic conditions of Ljeskopolje on the expression of agrobiological characteristics of new grapevine sorts PIT 11, PIT 13 and PIT 18“ BSc, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sarajevo, 1990 Final year dissertation: “Comparative research of high-quality and quality wine krstac”