New Year’s Eve is the night that sparkling wine takes center stage. Although, sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France are most renowned, great sparklers can also be found and enjoyed throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Here are three exciting bottles. Austria Szigeti Grüner Veltliner Brut As Austria’s signature grape variety, Grüner Veltliner is [...]
If you’re looking to enjoy a glass or two of fine wines in a relaxing and modern space, Drop Shop Wine Bar is the place for you. Located in the heart of Budapest near the Margaret Bridge (District V), this boutique wine bar and shop features over 60 wines by the glass that change each [...]
Tokaj is famed for its intense sweet wines but there also many other styles to appreciate from the region. In particular, dry wines from the single variety of Furmint. Many of these wines can be of good quality, possessing excellent acidity and flavour. This week, I decided to try a 2009 Tokaji Furmint from Hétszölö. This winery has a long and distinguished reputation in [...]
Wine is such an easily recognizable term known around the word. Hear a variation and you can easily determine that wine is being described. In Spanish and Italian its known as ‘vino’, in German its ‘Wein’, in French its ‘vin’ and so on.
If you’re a Tokaji wine connoisseur, this book is a must read! Written by Miles Lambert-Gocs who has spent over three decades researching Hungary’s most famous wine, Tokaji Wine: Fame, Fate, Tradition is one of the few books that focuses exclusively on this subject in such extensive detail. Arranged an encyclopedic format, it consists of four categories: People; Places; Vineyard-Tracts; Grape Varieties [...]
If your looking to learn more about Hungarian or Central European wines, here’s your chance to do it. The following below is a list of workshops and events that are happening this fall. Please contact the event organizers directly for more information or to register. Central Europe Jewels Explore indigenous wines of Central Europe with Stetson Robbins of [...]
Why is Tokaj so special? Is it the soil, is it the climate or is it the grape varieties and the people? All these factors and much more (including the very technology used in making Tokaji) play an important role. While the expertise of winemakers can develop, grape varieties themselves can travel and even climate can change, one [...]
Hungary may not be the most well-known wine producing nation. However, it has contributed to many aspects of wine and winemaking. Here are some facts about wine in Hungary. • Only three European languages have words for wine: Latin, Greek, and Hungarian. • Vines believed to be indigenous to the region were first cultivated in [...]
In 1990, The Royal Tokaji Wine Company was founded by a group of investors who were inspired to restore and preserve what they considered a dying art. With the assistance of well-known wine author Hugh Johnson they were the first to invest in Hungary’s legendary Tokaji region. Tokaji in Hungarian, hailed as “the king of [...]
If your a Hungarian wine connoisseur, you don’t want to miss this event! The 3rd annual VinAgora Wine Gala will be happening on July 3rd, 2010 in Budapest at the Applied Arts Museum. The all-day gala provides an opportunity for the public to taste the more than 500 wines entered into the VinAgora Wine Competition. After [...]
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