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Showing posts with label Hungary Wine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hungary Wine. Show all posts
Thursday, June 8, 2023

Grape Spotlight: Etyek-Buda Szentesi Zengő

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The Etyek-Buda PDO has many unique characteristics regarding Hungarian wine regions. It is very small (1,652 hectares of vineyards) and the...
Saturday, March 6, 2021

Grape Spotlight: Nagy-Somloi Olaszrizling

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The most widely planted grape variety in Hungary is Olaszrizling, also known as Welschriesling to a wider European audience.  In many cases,...
Friday, November 20, 2020

Grape Spotlight: Somló Juhfark

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Courtesy of Kolonics Pinceszet At 507 hectares, Somló is Hungary's second smallest wine region with Tihany being the smallest. Somló is ...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

Grape Spotlight: Szekszard Kadarka

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Kadarka is the Hungarian equivalent to Pinot Noir, both in the glass and in the vineyard.  Once planted, Kadarka vines are temperamental -...
Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Dr. Laszlo Szabo Presents Hungarian Wines From Tokaj, Eger, & Villány

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"These botrytis grapes are picked by hand as they raisin so that it may take six trips to pick the entire cluster", Hungarian Amb...
Saturday, September 8, 2018

Do You Know Your Hungarian Grape Varieties?

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I thought I did, at least until this last trip to the Heart of Europe.   Like most European countries, Hungary has a long wine tradition dat...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

FurmintUSA Showcases the Versatility of this Hungarian Grape

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This month Furmint USA conducted a ten day marketing blitz in NYC and Washington DC showcasing Hungary's signature white grape Furmint....
Thursday, October 29, 2015

A Tale of Two Wine Regions: Seneca Lake, New York and Balatonfüred-Csopak, Hungary

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Seneca Lake from Fox Run Vineyards I recently discovered that August is the optimal time to visit Balatonfüred Hungary as the village ...
Monday, September 14, 2015

Hungarian Wine at the Junibor Wine Festival in Budapest

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Hungary is where I first became interested in wine, sipping dry Furmint and semi-dry Olaszrizling at the Budapest Great Market Hall followed...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Tasting Hungarian & Slovenian Wines with #WineStudio & Old World Vines

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June starts off with another Protocol #WineStudio session, this time featuring Hungarian & Slovenian Wines imported by San Diego based...
Friday, May 30, 2014

The Hungarian Wine Roadshow Crosses the U.S.

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A couple weeks back I happened upon a chance tweet from @HUN_WineRoad announcing the Hungarian Wine Roadshow tour of the United States. ...
Friday, March 21, 2014

Exploring #HungarianWine for #Winechat with Blue Danube #Wine

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Blue Danube Wine is my primary source for Eastern Europe wine and they supplemented my passion by hosting this week's #winecha t discus...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

#WineChat: For the Love of Wine! What inspired your passion for wine?

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Tokaji Wine Bar in Central Market Hall This week's Wednesday  #winechat is hosted by Red Wine Diva who poses an interesting quest...