Tweet There are several synonyms (e.g. Lemberger, Blaufränkisch, Frankova…) for the variety Kékfrankos and while the exact origin is unknown, still there is a lot to talk about the variety. The “Fränkisch” name was given in the Middle Ages to the varieties, which were of higher levels. Several stories refer back to Charles, the Great […]

Szekszard vs. Eger, full tasting notes of 2015, 2013 and 2012 vintages mainly. The difference between the terroirs of Eger and Szekszard

Tweet The beauty and diversity of dry Furmint Just a month after the successful ProWein 2016 where a number of seminars were organized amongst them with some focus on the variety, Furmint as well I finally manage to post my long due notes on the Great Furmint tasting: Furmint February. Another quick word on the […]

kapi vineyard, disznókö, mezözombor, vertical tasting of single vineyard furmint aszú

Tweet What´s the difference between wine business and business wine? In my book the first is more about the wine while the second is more about the business. The idea behind “business wine” was simply to bring people together from various businesses and different entrepreneurs, managers and executives to share ideas but foremost to conduct […]

Tweet The (aromatic white) wines of Badacsony I have been a long advocate to put more emphasize on the fragrant, fruity and aromatic white wines. Especially in Hungary where 67% of the planted grapes are white and the majority of them is aromatic or at least semi-aromatic. While there are some outstanding varieties which are […]

Tweet Bikavér a.k.a. Bulls blood in English is produced in two regions of Hungary, in Eger and Szekszárd. While people say historically speaking, because of the “co-operative” it was more famous in Eger, but this if so was purely based on volume and nothing else. On the other side the majority of people reckon from […]

Tweet Can you ever get tired of Furmint? Don´t think so. The very first of “varietal” tastings was the Furmint February roughly 5 years ago, which shows the variety in great depth mainly from the dry and dryish side. While the quality and style is still very much varying across the line there seems come […]

lászló bussay by gabor cseke, zala county, great terroir, history and some unique wines with personality

budai borfesztivál, tasting notes,