Hungary
Centuries of history based on an extraordinary wine, Tokaji Aszú, have made this country one of the best producers of sweet wines of the world ...
Hungary
A country with a great wine tradition, and home to one of the world's classic wine styles, the botrytised dessert wine Tokaji, which is currently undergoing a renaissance spurred by foreign investors.
Hungary's most famous wine region lies in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains of the far north of the country - in fact the traditional area crosses into the southeast corner of modern Slovakia.
Edes (Hungary)
Sweet.
Egrappage (France)
The process of destemming - removing stems/stalks from the grape bunches before fermentation ...
Widely grown in Hungary and also Yugoslavia. It produces full-bodied, refreshing wine of the same name.
Grape Varieties ...
Synonym for Tokay (Hungary).
Tokay...
Also known as Tokaji, the famous wine of Hungary made in a style similar to Noble Late Harvest - made from the concentrated juice of semi-dried, extremely rich, botrytis-affected grapes.
FURMINT: Widely grown grape in Hungary and eastern Europe. Recent DNA analysis (2002) suggests the variety resulted from a Heunisch Weiss/Gouais Blanc cépage cross with an unknown hungarian variety.
White grape, yet nebulous origins, the Perusini (1935) believed to have been imported from Hungary in Veneto and Friuli, but has no similarity with the grapes of that region.
Native grape grown in Hungary. Used to make "Egri Bikaver", that countries best-known dry red wine blend.
In the production of Tokaji Aszu wine of Hungary, baskets of very ripe grapes, effected with botrytis, are added to the base wine to sweeten it.
KADARKA: Native grape grown in Hungary. Used to make "Egri Bikaver", that countries best-known dry red wine blend.
Furmint probably has its origins in Hungary, though it may have been brought into Hungary in the early thirteenth century. It then made its way into the Hérault, Gard and Languedoc regions of France in the early nineteenth century.
Furmint, white wine grape from Hungary's Tokay region. Furmint grapes have a thin skin which makes them susceptible to Botrytis Cinerea or Noble Rot, which causes the famous shrivelled Aszŭ ...
Pan-roasted foie gras and Fuji apple tart with mostarda di cremona, with 2000 Royal Tokaji Aszú, 5 puttonyos, from Hungary. "Sauternes is always the first choice with foie gras, but the Tokaji matches the intensity of the foie gras.
Romania, Hungary, the Balkans, and the Friuli region of north eastern Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Long Island, New York, southeast Napa Valley, California and Washington State all grow this wine.
Furmint
Mostly found in Hungary, (although small quantities are found throughout Eastern Europe), Furmint is the main grape in Tokaji one of the world's great dessert wines. Furmint is also vinified as a dry, crisp and clean white wine.
Tokay: A dessert wine made in Hungary from dried Furmint grapes.
Trocken: German for "dry."
Varietal: A wine made from just one grape type and named after that grape; the opposite of a blend.
Tokay: A dessert wine made in Hungary from dried Furmint grapes.
Tonneau: A barrel or cask with a capacity of 900 liters.
Trocken: German for "dry." ...
Also known as Tokaj, this sweet wine is originally produced in the Tokaj-Hegyalja region of its native Hungary. It is a sweet wine made from a variety of white grapes subjected to noble rot on the vine.
There are cabernet franc vineyards in Romania, Hungary, the Balkans, and the Friuli region of north eastern Italy (aka cabernet frank). New plantings in the 1990s in Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina show promise.
Following these three major wine producers in Europe, with great wines of their own, are Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Greece, Austria and Switzerland. Each country has their own specialty, attracting the attention of wine connoisseurs around the world.
Tokay: A botrytised dessert wines from north east Hungary. Australian wines named Tokay are fortified wines made from the Muscadelle variety.
In Europe there are, for example, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Georgia. In North Africa and the Middle East there are Algeria, Tunisia, and Israel.
Tokay. Celebrated sweet white wine; specifically, the special product of the Tokay district in northeastern Hungary. The chief grape variety is Furmint, although a little Harslevelu is also grown.
Dessert wines are produced all around the world: Sauternes (Bordeaux), Tokaji Aszú (Hungary), Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese in Germany and Austria, Ice wine (Canada) or Commandaria (South Africa).
Since buying Vega Sicilia, the Alvarezes have diversified a bit, purchasing one Ribera del Duero winery called Alion, starting another in the nearby Toro region called Pintia, and opening a winery in Hungary called Oremus, ...
Oak of the genus/species Quercus robur, or Quercus petraea harvested in Hungary
Hydrometer
An instrument for measuring the specific gravity of a liquid.
In Germany it goes by Rulander, in France's Loire it may go by Malvoisie or Pinot Beurot, and in Alsace it is referred to as, Tokay d'Alsace. In Hungary it's Szukerbarat. No doubt there's some place on earth where it is called Potato.
 See also: Grape, Wine, Region, Dry, White
  
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