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Akutyafáját 2007 by St. Andrea
Funny name, funny label, so refreshing to see after having seen so many chateaux emerging from nowhere - as I write this I realise that as a rule of thumb you could easily pick mediocre wines simply by selecting one from one of the many Hungarian ...
Scheller (Tóth Sándor) - Áldozóhegyi Kerekvelevű, 2003
2003 produced some of the first really remarkable great white wines this country’s seen in this millennium (just think about Mandolás Furmint). We learend to appreciate this vintage even more after the tough 2004 and 2005 vintages. The glory o...
Levendula Pince, Lovas
Levendula Pince started as a winery in 2006 then called Vági Pince. In 2009 the estate consists of 2 hectares but they also have 1 hectare of “borrowed” land under cultivation which was “thrown at them” as the owner puts it. ...
Cool wave from the south (Debreczeni Rosé)
I like the Szekszárd rosé wines which are, at least those I’ve tasted so far were, relatively dense and fruity but refreshing. Ferenczi is another winery which is not listed on Google’s first 20 or so pages so I can’t tell you m...
A Swiss techie’s bet on low-tech
This is the debut of Villa Tolnay on Budapest Daily Review although I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time. The Swiss owner Philipp Oser started making wine in Csobánc (Balaton region) in 2005 and currently has a bit more than 5 hec...
This warm spring’s ideal drink has pink color
Soltvadkert belongs to Hungary’s largest wine region located north-east of Szekszárd on the plain called Kunság. Infamous for high yields and low quality, the region failed to gain reputation for its winemakers until 2007 when Frittmann Jáno...
