See my detailed tasting notes on Purple pages. Ask most wine buyers, both private and professional, how they view Hungarian wine and most would be inclined to put it in the same...

Hungary has an admirable wine-producing tradition about which we have written far too little (even if a search for 'Hungary' produces 135 articles...). Of course there is the long article about...

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Hungary In a nutshell : Some fiery whites and some good value, plus the historic sweet white of Tokaj. Main grapes : Furmint, Hárslevely, Leányka and many more (WHITE),...

Victoria Daskal’s article Running Dry in Tokaj last week made me think you might be interested in the following tasting notes I made at a fascinating tasting of some of...

The quality of Hungarian wine today may be one of the wine world's better-kept secrets, for reasons outlined in Reasons to go Hungary .  The following tasting notes were taken on...

By the end of my first day in Budapest, I, and particularly my stomach, seemed to have gone native, to feel Pesti, the name given to anyone born in Buda or Pest, the two halves of this photogenic...

Find these wines I managed to taste a few dozen Hungarian wines while in Budapest last weekend and found them generally of a high standard. (I will be reporting in more detail.) But...

See also this thread in the forum I had a great time in Buda and Pest last weekend. The picture shows Pest viewed across the Danube from Buda at night, the famous bridge connecting these...

Noel Pinguet, winemaker at Domaine Huet, the best-known producer of Vouvray, came to show off some of his wines in London recently. Nowadays, these are not just Vouvrays but also Hungarian sweet...

Remember the supposedly giant story about Michel Reybier, owner of Ch Cos d'Estournel in St-Estèphe, buying Chateau Montelena in Napa Valley? Then it all fizzled out and the deal never went...

See also today’s Hungarian tasting notes .   To continue the debate for and against Dry Furmint in Tokaj, as outlined in Victoria Daskal’s article Running Dry in...

Catherine Rudd, London: Would like to get some recommendations on decent wine merchants in the UK (if poss London) for Central European wines (Austria and Hungary in particular).  me:...

There’s no doubt in my mind and on my palate that there is huge potential for Hungarian reds and dry whites, even if it is Tokaji in the far east of the country which gets all the...

Hubert Warsmann, Hungary: A few remarks to follow up on availability of Hungarian wines abroad....