Essay - Hungarian Wine Wines of Hungary the Arabian Writer, Ibn-rostech, Mentions...

Hungarian Wine

Wines of Hungary

***** Arabian writer, Ibn-Rostech, mentions Hungarian vine growing in his 10th century chronicle (Hungarian pp). After the Orig*****al Settlement ***** ***** Magyars, ***** growing and wine production was based on three things, the Greek-Celtic tradition, ***** Roman *****, and the knowledge of the Hungarians brought along from the East (Hungarian pp). There are seventeen Hungarian wine regions, Tokaj, Plains (Alfold), Tapolca, Badacsony, Csopak, Balatonfured, Balatonboglar, Barsonyos-Csaszari, Eger, Matralja, Mecsek, Mor, Sopron, Szekszard, Villany-Siklo, Nyirseg (Word pp).

***** best known region is the Tokaj where the Tokaji Aszu and the Tokaji Furmint are produced (***** pp). Tokaji Aszú is referred to as Wine of ***** Kings and King ***** the Wines (Vinum Regum, Rex Vinorum), however, it is more an aperitif-desert wine (Word *****). The Tokaj-Hegyalja region produces wines with ***** highest alcohol-sugar-acid-content (Hungari*****1 pp). It is the long, hazy, sunny autumn climate that is favorable for the shriveling of the ripe grape berries and for the development of noble rot (Hungarian1 pp). The famous Szamorodni and ***** wines are made by adding these berries ***** ***** rot, and "the more *****zu grapes ***** wine contains the more precious it is" (***** pp).

Vine varieties, wines: Furmint - developing noble rot best, acidic, fine fragrance. Harslevelu - more robust, full-bodied. Yellow Muscat - developing ***** rot under ***** conditions, hard acid, extraordinarily *****, elegant fragrance" (Hungarian1 pp).

After nearly a century, the B*****latonmelleke became a wine region again in 1998 (***** pp). ***** climate is mild, consolidated and wet, producing vine varieties that include Olasz rizling, Rizlingszilvani, Zold veltelini, Red Tramini, C*****onnay, Kekfrankos, Zweigelt, Oport (Hungarian1 *****). The Balatonfured-***** region is divided into two wine producing *****, ***** ***** of Balatonfured, made with mineral water, are more *****, warming ***** higher in alcohol content, while the wines of Csopak are more modest, lighter, and richer in fragrance ***** bouquet (Hungarian1 pp). ***** ***** provides a lot ***** sunshine, wea*****r serving vine *****, with ***** including: ********** Riesling, Furmint, and Rieslingszilvani (***** pp). The Balatonfelvidek climate is varied, with Mediterranean character and a ***** of *****, producing v*****rieties which include Szurkebarat, Italian Riesling, and Chardonnay that ***** full-bodied, rich in bouquet and lively acidic (Hungarian1 *****). *****, on the south shore of Lake Balaton, produces mainly white wine, but *****re ***** some red wine production as well (Hungarian1 pp). The climate is consolidated and ***** Italian *****, Yellow Muscat, Chardonnay, Cabernet, Merlot, and Kekfrankos wines (Hungarian1 pp). The climate of the Csongrad region is dry, extreme, with a lot of sunshine, producing vine varieties of Kovidinka, *****, Italian Riesling, Kadarka, Kekfrankos (Hungarian1 pp). Pannonhalma-Sokoroalja region's ***** is moderately dry, moderately warm with a mild winter. Vine v*****rieties, *****: Italian Riesling, Rhine Riesling, Tramini, Chardonnay, and Irsai Oliver (Hungarian1 *****). Somlo ***** ***** smallest, yet one of the most famous wine regions and at one time its fame preceded that of Tokaj (Hungarian1 pp). ***** region is very windy, moderately *****, and rich in sunsh*****e, and produces only