Tokaji Wine Consumers

Do you want to learn more about wineor simply enjoy the wonderful varieties available? Or perhaps you are just looking for a different kind of vacation, exploring beautiful towns via cruise transportation with wine serving as a background. In modern times, wine is as popular as ever. High quality wines to be produced anywhere, regardless of the climate. More countries are producing wine at greater varieties more than ever before. Although the art of wine making has essentially remained the same, every new recipe allows a more unique take on wine and its varieties. Some of the famous wine-producing regions in Italy are Valle D’Aosta, Lombardy, Veneto, and, of course, Tuscany. The very nature of the land that produces the wonderful grapes that are used to make fine wine is one of beauty and romance. So it stands to reason that the wine-producing regions of the world are also the most frequently chosen destinations for honeymooners. Even though Italy produces the most wine, the produced amount of wine decrease year by year.

 

France is possibly the country most famous for producing fine wines. As a matter of fact, when many people think of fine wine, they think of French wine first.

The wines that are produced in Spain taste fruitier rather than woody.

But they are working on the problem and they are making some progress.

There are many fine wines that are produced in Europe, and you really can say that Europe is wine country. There are many reasons for this, not least our own preference for well-known grape varieties at cheap prices. I have also written before about the wines of Slovenia, which are well worth seeking out.

As with so many UK gastronomic trends, other countries cottoned on to the simple pleasures offered by a carefully selected wines from Eastern-Europe. In this case, we speak about Hungarian Wine. Hungary is a land-locked country in central Europe. It has an interesting and distinctive cuisine that includes many unique recipes.

The tsars of Russia were huge fans, and a century ago it was listed on all the fine-wine lists of Europe, alongside Ch d’Yquem and the great German sweet wines. Once the communist regime fell, there was a rush of foreign investment, much of it from Bordeaux.

Tokaji lies in the far northeast of Hungary, in the hills that run alongside the Bodrog river. Most of the wines are sweet, but all have a wonderful refreshing acidity that gives them great balance. Tokaji is made from Furmint, Hárslevelü and Muskotály . The sweet wines, known as Tokaji Aszu, are made with grapes affected by noble rot, a sought-after botrytis that works wonders on sweet wines. The most concentrated, free-run juice is used to make Essencia, the sweetest and most expensive Tokaji, which is so rich in sugars it can take years to ferment up to a measly 5 per cent. The crushed grapes from the puttonyos are added to tanks of dry wine, producing wines whose sweetness is measured in puttonyos. Six puttonyos is the sweetest, two puttonyos the driest. Between Tokaji and Budapest lies Eger, once famous for that most manly of wines, Bull’s Blood, a huge, meaty mouthful of wine. There have been efforts to resurrect the style. The best dry whites come from the dark volcanic soil along the northern shore. There is some excellent Pinot Gris (known locally as Szürkebarát) alongside a host of other local white varieties. While not all would aspire to greatness, there are some fascinating wines. In the far west of the country in Villány on the border with Croatia, Bordeaux varieties excel, the two Cabernets in particular, alongside the traditional local grapes Kadarka and Kékfrankos.

Hungarian Wine Shop has a decent range of hungarian wine in most styles.

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