2017 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles sees increase in entries. Nine thousand and eighty (9,080) wine samples have been entered this year in the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB), marking an average increase of more...
The WiM Association has become the international social responsibility movement of the wine sector. George Sandeman is a board member of the Sogrape Vinhos SA and the president of the WiM Association. He has...
In cooperation with Geisenheim University ProWein polled almost 1,500 wine sector experts from 46 countries on international wine markets, marketing trends and the development of wine sales channels. Those polled included wine producers (large...
The Tokaji wine range There are dry wines, late harvest wines made from ripe grapes with no noble rot. Wines made from late harvested grapes but without individual selection are called Szamorodni; grapes are...
History The Tokaj Wine Region has a history stretching back centuries. The first surviving document mentioning “asszú grape wine” is dated 1571. The first classification of vineyards was done in 1732 by Matolai. In...
We have 22 wine regions, that are devided into 6 bigger regions. Thanks to the great facilities in Hungary we can produce all the different wine categories. In the north-western part of Hungary the...
In Promontory they used to cultivate vines even in the Roman ages, and the quantity of vines has been continously growing even during the Turkish reign. After the combats for Buda they recultivated the...
István Matyasovszki, founder of Chateau Kincsem. Kincsem Castle and Wineyard was found in 2011. Our first plantation was Hárslevelű and even today half of our vineyards is Hárslevelű, two hectars out of four hectars. ...
Unfortunately, Hungary became the country of one thousand grape varieties. The wine regions lost their image to which each variety is closely linked. If we look around the world, we find one or two...
Bikavér (that means Bull’s Blood) was first written down in 1846 by Garai János in the „Song of the Wine”. After the war it was called „Óvörös, that means old-red, it received is name...
