Must, wine, friends and tradition! Picnic Wine Campus, exquisite local and guest winemakers, treasures of local gardens, home-made food, cultural and children’s programs, artisan fair: János Csík and his friends, Bahorka Company, Lili Péterffy, the Cimbaliband and the Meszecsinka! Locations…
It is summertime, hot, everyone is heading to the beach or prefers relaxing under the shade of a tree. What could be a better drink than a glass of chilly ice-cold rosé wine now? A light and fruity rosé with…
The Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships (CSWWC) were held this year for the third time in Kent, England. The Törley Fortuna won a silver medal, while the Kreinbacher Estate’s Somló furmint sparkling wines, the Prestige Brut and the Brut…
Budapest, July 6 (MTI) – Tokaj, Balaton, Budapest and Sopron are to be treated as priority areas in the government’s tourism development strategy, the daily Magyar Idők said on Wednesday. The Hungarian Tourism Agency told the paper that the development…
Egri Bikavér Festival is a celebration of the city’s famous son, it is not just an occasion for oenophiles, far from it, there are programs to keep all ages up to no good for the four days the festival lasts.…
Wine bars started spreading like mushrooms in recent years and each of them represent a different repertoire and a different character. While you find yourself in a romantic interior with dismantled bricks in one wine bar, you can try the…
Budapest, June 15 (MTI) – Hungarian winemakers have collected 44 medals at the Decanter World Wine Awards in London, including two platinum, eight gold, 18 silver and 16 bronze medals. An additional 21 Hungarian wines have been granted seal of…
Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu writes that almost all Hungarian champagnes, made with traditional method (méthode traditionelle), were challenged at Winelovers blind test, which is connected to the Champagne June event. A professional jury chose the best champagnes out of 22 contestants. Sopron and…
The sparkling wines of the Törley group won 7 silver and 4 bronze medals at the International Wine and Spirit Competition, boraszportal.hu reports. Drinks out of 90 countries were judged by a jury of 400 in Surrey, England. The competition…
Boraszprotal.hu writes that the new Hungarian invention, the Vasuta spritzer (named after its inventor, Gábor Vasuta) will be launched at summer festivals. The bottled spritzer is made with 51% wine rate, poured into a half liter plastic bottle at 2,5…
When it comes to the idea of spending a relaxing weekend somewhere, can you imagine anything better than a refreshing bathing combined with reposeful massage, a purifying sauna, followed by a pleasant dinner with great wine? Termafurdo.hu is the specialist of…
A vineyard on the south shore of Lake Balaton is offering a unique cinema experience for film and wine enthusiasts, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu writes. The Kristinus Wine Estate in Kéthely has opened the first wine cinema in Europe. The programme promises quality…
Boraszportal.hu reports that the traditionally made champagnes of the Törley group achieved great success at the Chardonnay du Monde. The 23rd international competition was held on March 8-11, in France. The jury of experts evaluated the wines and champagnes made…
A total of 27 exclusive, limited Tokaji wines from 19 producers will go under the hammer at the Confrérie de Tokaj’s fourth Great Tokaj Wine Auction on 23rd April 2016 in Tokaj town. Once again we see a great balance…
According to boraszportal.hu, nearly two dozens of Hungarian wines earned medals in the competition called Berliner Wein Trophy (BWT) organized by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). The results have been announced in the German capital on Tuesday.…
Different characters of Bikavér (Bull’s Blood) cuvée wines made in Eger and Szekszárd, are originated in the terroir, since Eger belongs rather to the northern types of wine regions, while Szekszárd to the southern types. Their common feature is, however, that…
The Furmint February tasting is now in its 7th year and it seems that every year more and more winemakers choose to participate in the event. More and more wineries discover the outstanding values and opportunities that lie in furmint.…
The visitors of the 7th VinCE Budapest Wine Show can taste 1000 wines of the world’s 182 wineries in the Corinthia Hotel between March 3 and 5. They can participate in an organic wine tour, try the world’s first smart…
Hungary produced more grapes in 2015 than in the previous years; the reason is that the weather was especially favourable this year. People usually associate quantity with bad quality, but this year’s harvest is a great example of the opposite.…
According to turizmus.com, the National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) elected a new president on December 8, 2015. He is Otto Legli. In parallel with the renewal of the officials, the statutes were also amended in order to make the board…