The first local currency in Hungary

Local currencies are not a new phenomenon, from time to time there are initials to use money apart from the national one. There are 300 local currencies worldwide. The Hungarian National Bank does not oppose these currencies publicly, but neither does it encourages the use of them. The National Bank refers to these currencies as “vouchers”. “Kékfrank” was the first local currency in Hungary, released in 2010. Though the banknote was not as successful as they expected at the beginning, its popularity is steadily rising, and more and more restaurants, hotels, shops accept it. The main point is that employees get Kékfrank as a kind of extra besides their salaries, and they get discount at the local places of attraction: thus inhabitants are encouraged to have dinner or have holiday within the region. At the moment there are 548 places in Sopron that accept Kékfrank. The banknote can be used in Croatia and Slovenia as well.

Kurt Taschner and his Kékfrankos

Kurt is a young and ambitious winemaker with a family tradition of making wine. In the beginning he was bottling the wine made by his father, alongside the work he studied all the knowledge of winemaking and today he is managing a winery with 20 hectares of land. Participating in the local wine marketing and wine tourism belongs also to his priorities.

His Kékfrankos is a fresh and lively wine, which represents the colour blue on the nose as well (‘Kék’ in Kékfrankos means blue): plum, blueberry and blue flowers with charming, playful spicy notes. Spices dominate the zesty palate supplemented by ripened fruits like cherry and plum.