The harvest of typical blue grape varieties in the Villány wine-growing region, where the harvest is currently in full swing until the end of October, has been of average quantity and excellent quality, the secretary of the 2,350-hectare vineyard district council told MTI. Gergely Nagy reported that the harvesting of white grape varieties, which make […]
Hungary is the 16th largest wine producer in the world, with 2.900 hectoliters produced in 2022. The Hungarian business news site Pénzcentrum investigated which countries are the biggest importers of Hungarian wine. According to the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), Hungary exported 136,492 tons of wine to other countries in 2022, a 25% increase compared […]
Wine Spectator, one of the most influential wine magazines in the world, has recognized the wine lists of three restaurants in Budapest and one in Miskolc. The Wine Spectator, one of the most influential wine magazines in the world, has recognized the wine lists of three restaurants in Budapest and one in Miskolc. For decades, […]
The biggest Hungarian wineries had a varied year in 2022. Among the best performers were Varga Winery, St. Andrea (Attila Gere's interest), but Kreinbacher also soared and Bock Winery cannot complain, according to a summary by Management Forum (Mfor). In 2022, the weather and drought have significantly reduced the overall volume of grapes produced, but […]
Since the country's largest wine festival first took place in Szeged, SE Hungary, in 1995, the largest number of exhibitors, 160, will be welcoming guests at the Szeged Wine Festival starting this Friday. As the managing director of Szeged Városkép és Piac Ltd., the organizer of the series of events, Attila Rácz told MTI, visitors […]
Grape-Vine Ltd. has expanded its capacity at its site in Kiskunmajsa, SE Hungary with a new storage hall and the purchase of wine processing equipment with a total of HUF 769 million in European Union funding, the company's managers told MTI. Róbert Szőke-Tóth, one of the managing directors of Grape-Vine Ltd., said that the investment […]
Hungarian wines are extremely popular in Europe, with a significant proportion of them being sold in Slovakia, Germany and the Czech Republic. Hungarian bottled wines are also very popular in Belgium and Spain, but even China and the United States get plenty of Hungarian wines, the financial website penzcentrum.hu writes. In cask form, the Slovak, […]
The 2019 Septimus Rajnai Rizling of Pannonhalmi Cseri Winery and the 2019 GT 50 Cuvée of Tamás Günzer Winery of Villány won the 2022 Hungarian Wine Grand Prix, awarded by the Hungarian Wine Writers' Circle (MBK), in the white wine category and the red wine category, respectively. In 2022, MBK evaluated for the seventh time […]
Grand Tokaj, the most important wine producer in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, expects an increase in turnover in the run-up to the holidays and stable profits in the longer term. The company's CEO, László Rábai told the state news agency MTI that by the end of December, revenue could reach or even exceed HUF 3 […]
Bock Winery Ltd., based in Villány, S Hungary, has implemented developments worth more than HUF 1.5 billion in order to bring premium quality wines, grape juice and cold-dried fruit products to the market, the company informed the state news agency MTI on Tuesday. The statement said that a 3,700-square-metre raw material processing plant was built […]
Lidl Hungary set a record last year, both at home and abroad, selling 28.5 million bottles of Hungarian wine in 2020, a 21% increase compared to the previous year. By selling HUF 6.3 billion worth of domestic wine to foreign markets, the discount chain accounted for 33% of total Hungarian wine exports in bottles, thus […]
The Tokaj-Hegyalja Harvest Days is one of the oldest harvest events in Hungary, so it is also one of the most important events in the capital of the Tokaj World Heritage wine region, which will be held in a new location in 2021. This year, the place Fesztiválkatlan and its immediate surroundings are the base […]
Two rare bottles of wine from Hungary’s famous Tokaj wine region, created by its original winemakers, the Zimmerman family in 1889 is to be offered at auction. Two bottles of incredibly rare 1889 ‘Tokaji Essencia, Zimmerman Lipot’ from Hungary’s most renowned wine region Tokaj and from the most famous family to produce it, will be […]
Huba Szeremley, one of Hungary's most successful winemakers, has died at the age of 81. Szeremley was once one of the richest Hungarians but in recent years he had to part with some of his fortune and became embroiled in a serious police case, various news sources report. Szeremley was a successful entrepreneur from the […]
The National Council of Wine Communities (HNT) is promoting the conscious, moderate consumption of Hungarian sparkling wine on the World Wide Web, the organization told the state news agency MTI on Monday. The campaign entitled ‘Pezsegj szabadon!’ (Sparkle freely!) is financed by the HNT and managed by the Artvertising Group. Creative director Gergely Nagy said […]
