I love Hungarian wines

Especially Tokaji aszu

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Why don’t we drink more Hungarian wine? This compact country has a history of viticulture going back to Roman times; it has a wealth of indigenous grape varieties, producing fragrant, food-friendly whites and reds; and it’s home to Tokaji aszú, one of the world’s most famous sweet wines.

Tokaji aszú (usually known in the UK simply as Tokaji, or Tokay) tends to be made from three grapes: furmint, hárslevelű and sárgamuskotály (a type of muscat), grown on volcanic soil near the northern town of Tokaj. In the 17th century, fear of attack by invaders led a local priest/winemaker to delay the harvest, during which time botrytis fungus set in, drying the grapes and concentrating the sugars. The result was a luscious wine that became the toast of Europe, drunk by kings and tsars.

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This page was built by Andrea Varga on 27/03/2022