In Szekszárd and its surroundings, Kékfrankos produces all styles of wine, from white through rosé to premium reds. Moreover, these wines are also excellent food wines.
If you love dense red wines, full-bodied yet elegant Kékfrankos, refreshingly fruity Zweigelt, then go and knock on the door of the Luka Winery in Fertőrákos. Enikő Luka ended up in the wine world over two decades ago, and her three-hectare estate is a bright spot on the Sopron wine region map. Edit Szabó spoke with her.
If you are a Hungarian wine lover, you might be inclined to think that half the world’s wines are grown in volcanic regions, half on loess and the rest on limestone. This may, of course, be true of Hungary’s wine regions, but if you were to think the same about the entire world, you couldn’t be more wrong!
The Best in Show award and four platinum medals went to Tokaj at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards – and this time the awards announcement was not just about Aszú. The Hungarian team won 13 gold medals, 56 silver and 67 bronze. Congratulations to all the winners; winning a medal at this London wine competition is always a great honour. The successes don’t stop there either: James Suckling’s team also awarded a Hungarian wine 100 points.
The names of many famous Hungarians appear in the pages of Hungarian spritzer history. There are also some interesting stories connected to them.
Although the weather doesn’t always seem to keep up with the calendar, the sunshine, the scent of the air and the inviting murmur of Lake Balaton are all telltale signs that the best season of the year has arrived, which for many means relaxing, garden parties and summer wines. Speaking of summer wines, what does this category actually mean? What can you expect from it, and how can we as winemakers produce reliable quality year after year? That’s what we’ve been trying to discover.
It is by far the most widely planted grape variety in Hungary (12% of vineyards), yet it is not talked about enough. This is Kékfrankos, the variety with a thousand faces, which can be really surprising on its own or in wine and food pairings. So, where does Kékfrankos belong on the Hungarian food scene? We asked sommelier Péter Tüű.
