The Pannonhalma Abbey Winery won the “Winery of the Year” award for the second time in 2023 after 2010.
The Countdown to the 32nd Opulent Outdoor Wine Extravaganza Begins! Prepare to be swept away by the imminent arrival of the 32nd edition of the illustrious annual open-air wine event that has…
Hungarian Furmint was also impressive, winning all three platinum medals in style based on one sweet and two dry varieties. The famous sweet Tokaji aszú and Szamorodni are not new to the competition’s medal list. Wine lovers know them from the 16th century to the present day. Furmint as a dry wine is growing steadily worldwide and the results show that quality is on the rise, with Oremus Mandolás Tokaji Furmint 2020, Tokaj-Hétszőlő’s Selection 2011 both scoring 97 points and Dobogó Winery’s Úrágya Furmint 2019 got 95 points (gold medal).
Budapest’s wine bars have changed a lot. Some closed, new ones opened, but a few seem to be eternal.
For anyone who asks, I’m already listing the epitome of constancy (at least in the sense that they have been serving wine lovers in essentially unchanged places and ways for many years. Kadarka, Dobló in the party district. Zengő on the Mikszáth square, Drop Shop near Jászai, Palack wine bar on Gellért Square, DiVino at the Basilica (and for a few years now also in the Gozsdu courtyard) D.O.C. for Italian wine lovers. I know there are other wine bars in Budapest, and I can even list a few: Kóstolom, Szalonspicc, Ménesi Borbár, Vinikli, Takler Borbár Buda, St. Andrea, Gepárd és Űrhajó and I could go on. But I will introduce my favorite ones in this article and append other favorites every month to the bottom of this list.
The increasingly outstanding results in recent years show that Hungarian wines are gaining a stronger position in the German and European wine markets. In 2021, Hungarian wines received 191 gold and grand-gold awards, and in 2022 a total of 180 gold and grand-gold awards, compared to 30 or more per year in 2020 and the years before.
2019 was the first year when Csilla and Csaba, the owners of Sebestyén Winery, had the opportunity to produce traditional Szekszárd Bikavérs from three different vineyards. They wanted to show how the…
Visitors can meet with Villány (and Hungarian) Wines in ProWein again in 2023! This year the Villány Wine Region will have an even bigger stand where Bock Winery, Csányi Winery, Gere Attila Winery,…
It’s a tradition in Hungary that February is a month when the flagship grape variety of Tokaj is celebrated. International Furmint Day is held on the 1st of February.Furmint is a traditional…
The Royal Tokaji Szent Tamás Aszú 6 puttonyos 2017 received 99 out of a possible 100 points!
One of the most influential wineries in the Villány wine region, Vylyan Winery celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The winery is one of Vinotek.hu’s most important partners from the region.