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Pannon Wine Region

Szekszárd Wine Region

Grape cultivation started in the Szekszárd

region – the town’s ancient Roman name

is Alisca – by the order of Marcus Aurelius

Roman emperor in the 3rd century, AD.

Following the fall of theRomanEmpire the

Avars and the settling Hungarians kept

to the habit, moreover the Benedictine

abbotship, founded by King Béla I

markedly flourished it. What remained

after the big phylloxera epidemic in the

18th century was threatened by the

later building constructions. Before the

Second World War weekend cottages,

and during the Socialist era warrens

were built on several plantations, thus

today many cellars are located in the

downtown of Szekszárd. Fourteen other settlements belong to the wine region, and

today vine cultivation occurs on approximately 2600 hectares. Mainly red wine is

produced here, a famous variety is the Szekszárdi Bikavér (Red Bull of Szekszárd).

Available from 290 EUR + VAT*

Villány Wine Region

Our southernmost wine region’s historical

past isnot different fromtheother regions’

heritage; differences only appeared in the

18th century with the settlement of the

Swabians. They brought Portugieser with

them, which became and still is the main

variety of the region. In Villány red wine is

produced with modern technology, while

in Siklós white wine enjoys preference.

The Sub-Mediterranean climate favours

to both wines, this is why high quality

products are made here.

Available from 400 EUR + VAT*

Tokaj Wine Region

It is quite sure that there was grape-cul-

tivation in the area even before the ar-

rivals of the first Hungarians. Neverthe-

less the region became truly famous in

the 16th and 17th century. Merchants

coming from faraway lands demanded

for Tokaj wine everywhere in the Heg-

yalja territory. This has been the world’s

first closed wine region since 1737,

and under the name of “Tokaj-Hegyalja

Wine Region Historic Cultural Land-

scape” it got inscribed on UNESCO’s

World Heritage List in 2002. The world-

famous Tokaji aszú is produced here. This special wine is made from over-ripen

and high sugar levelled muscatel grapes. The juice independently welling from

the selected grapes provides the basis for the aszú essence. This juice is highly

valuable, since one basket (28-30 litres) of grapes provide only one – one and a

half litres of essence. Wines are later qualified by the number of grape-baskets

used in the wine making process, which falls between 3 and 6. According to

King Lajos XIV, the Tokaji aszú is “the king of wines, the wine of kings”.

Available from 450 EUR + VAT*

Sopron Wine Region

Our historic wine region stretches at the

foot of the Alps, at the southern shore

of Lake Fertő on 4300 hectares. So-

pron – or by its ancient Roman name,

Scarbantia – played an important role in

trade, since it is intersected by the fa-

mous Amber Road. Valuable material

findings remained from this era, and can

be viewed in the Museum of Sopron.

Available from 415 EUR + VAT*

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