A distillery within the boundaries of a capital? Yes, Budapest boasts a legendary distillery producing the famous herb liquor, Unicum for two centuries.
2018-11-12 Read more
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The length of the harvest was quite like the usual period, but this year – due to the unusual heat in summer and earlier in April – grape picking started 2 weeks earlier.
2018-11-06 Read more
CNN Travel has 11 fun facts about Hungary „Hungarian people are reputed to be the only people who can enter a revolving door behind you and emerge ahead” – this is just one of the funny, but bitterly true facts about Hungary. The article at CNN Travel is from April, but is is…
2018-11-05 Read more
A recipe by late Pál Debreczeni We have already posted recipes by ladies, for example Kata Zsirai and Krisztina Csetvei. What is common in these two girls is that they are both featured in a book called „Gyengébb?Nem!” – a book with great female winemakers and their favourite recipes.
2018-11-04 Read more
Franc & Franc event, 23–24 November As we reported earlier, Cabernet Franc Day was created by a Californian couple, the owners of Dracaena Wines to express their love of the grape variety. This year Lori & Michael Budd will make a presentation as part of Franc & Franc event in Villány, South…
2018-11-02 Read more
The Crown of Tokaj „The crown of Tokaj – Juliet Victor’ mission is to create the world’s best Tokaj wines, to deepen further the unique skills of trade related to these wines and to redefine the image of Hungarian wines throughout the world. A journey beginning with the inspiring historic…
The annual tasting of Bordeaux blend wines takes place on 17 November in glamorous 5 star Corinthia Hotel Budapest. More than 60 wineries with 150 wines plus two masterclasses, one with great wines from Bordeaux (e.g Cos d’Estournel 2012) and another one with legendary red blends from Hungary.
2018-10-30 Read more
Somló estate Furmint receives „sparkling Oscar trophy” As we reported earlier, Somló wine region Kreinbacher Estate has won two gold and two silver medals at the latest edition of CSWWC(Champagne and Sparkling Wine Competition). Being medal winner, the estate was invited to the award ceremony in London on 24th October.
2018-10-29 Read more
Tornai Zenit available in Finland 2017 Friss Zenit won the tender of the Finnish alcohol monopoly Alko for volcanic wines. 27 wines participated in the tender, and the Somló wine preceded prestigious and renowned wine regions like Etna, Columbia Valley, Washington Valley and Tokaj.
2018-10-26 Read more
Tokaj sparkling to celebrate the heroes of Hungarian democracy We have come accross a funy article done by WinePair recently: it is a collection of expressions from all over the world, all meaning the same – cheers.
2018-10-23 Read more