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When You Can’t Help Taking Notes – Tokaj and Villány in Tigris and Halászbástya

There are dinners where you should really just let yourself enjoy the atmosphere and the delicious menu. I did not manage to behave myself this time on two consecutive nights in March, so here are my notes. The dinners were organised for the speakers of VinCE, a high-end annual consumer and trade event in Budapest, and as such the line-ups were amazing.

The first dinner was hosted at Tigris Restaurant in the Fifth Quarter, just a few corners from Chain Bridge or, St Stephen’s Basilica in the other direction. Our party was hosted in the private dining room of the restaurant, which you need to access via a beautifully restored fin de siècle courtyard, hence often used by the political and business elite as well as the celebs. The food for carnivores looked and smelt amazing, but as the chefs had not known beforehand that I was vegetarian, mine was quickly improvised to an ‘okay’ standard. The service was impeccable. So, let me straight get on to the wines.

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Tokaj, Eger and Villány – A Magical Night Out in Budapest

There is something magical about dining out in the Castle District of Budapest on a spring evening. The Danube serenely flows by as you are ascending on the hill, the medieval buildings are illuminated and the fresh air holds the anticipation. This time it was the company and wines of three young wine-makers from Tokaj, Eger and Villány that promised to Continue reading

Tokaj, Eger és Villány – Varázslatos Budavári Este

Mindig meg van a varázsa a Budai Várban vacsorázni, főleg egy zsenge tavaszi estén. A Duna csendesen veszi kanyarulatát a várdbomb lábánál, s a középkori épületek sziluettjei játszanak a fényben, amint a levegő várakozással töltődik meg. Idén áprilisban három fiatal magyar borász hívott meg minket vacsorára, ahhol tokaji, egri és villányi borokat Continue reading

Crème de la Crème: Sauternes – Barsac & Tokaji Wines

Ch d'Yquem 1988

Pierre Montégut, Technical Director of Chateau Suduiraut, and István Szepsy from Tokaj co-presented a fantastic tasting at VinCE, an annual trade and consumer wine weekend in Budapest, earlier this year.

The tasting showcased the similarities and differences between the two regions producing most sublime noble sweet wines. Sauternes and Barsac are nestled in the larger Bordeaux wine region and with their combined 2,240 hectares, they account for only 2% of all Bordeaux wines. In comparison, the region of Tokaj covers almost 6,000 hectares, but it does not enjoy the benefits of being part of a larger appellation producing some of the finest wines in the world.

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Crème de la Crème: Sauternes – Barsac & Tokaj

Ch d'Yquem 1988

Pierre Montégut, a Chateau Suduiraut technikai igazgatója, és Szepsy István Tokajról együtt vezettek egy sauternesi – tokaji kóstolót Budapesten a VinCE-én idén márciusban.
A kóstoló a két nemes édesbort termelő régiók közti hasonlóságokat és különbségeket mutatta be. Sauternes és Barsac a nagy bordeaux-i borvidék része, s 2240 hektárral csak a bordeaux-i termelés 2%-kát adja. Ezzel szemben Tokaj-Hegyalja majd’ 6000 hektáron terül el, viszont nem élvezi azt az előnyt, hogy a világ legjobb vörösei közt számon tartott borokat termelő régió része lenne. Continue reading