Hungry Grape organises tastings and discussions with some of the top winemakers from three wine regions.

Tokaj

Tokaj-Hegyalja is a historic wine region straddling the border of northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia. Its viniculture, which dates from the 12th century, became the world's second system of wine appellation after a royal decree in 1757.

Tokaji Aszú, the “Wine of Kings, King of Wines,” is a world-renowned sweet wine of Tokaj. It has been produced here since the 15th century.

Badacsony & Somló

Badacsony stretches along the hilly northern shore of Lake Balaton in central Hungary. Cistercian monks planted the first vines on these slopes in 1375. Thanks to the volcanic soil and sub-Mediterranean lake effects, white grapes dominate, and wines produced here are full-bodied with high acidity.

Somló, Hungary’s smallest wine region, lies on the slopes of a dormant volcano that’s crowned by the ruins of an 11th-century castle. The area’s winemaking tradition traces back to Roman times. The wines of Somló are exclusively white with a characteristic acidic-mineral taste.

Villány

Villány, Hungary’s most southerly wine region, distinguishes itself with its full-bodied and spicy reds. Its long, dry, sub-Mediterranean summers and mild winters undergird a winemaking tradition that goes back to Roman times. Villány is considered the premier red wine region of the country.