Hungary's white grapes

Robinia pseudoacacia flowers with Furmint in Barta vineyard, Tokaji

A celebration of the white wines of Hungary.

With Central and Eastern Europe very much on our minds right now, it seems almost frivolous to be writing about Hungarian wines while refugees pour over her borders and her citizens are living with the shadow of war falling across their doorstep. As Lilla O'Connor, a Hungarian working in the UK wine trade, having been part of our backroom team last year, asked, 'Where will this war end?'. But perhaps, as well as donating funds for humanitarian aid and opening our homes to refugees, we can do other small things to support...