Barta, Béres, Thummerer are among the grand gold winners

Are you an academic? If you come to Hungary for academic reasons, and you are offered a glass of sparkling wine at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, accept it, enjoy it – it will be the stunning Barta Tokaji Furmint 2020 traditional method sparkling wine. 301 wines entered from 95 wineries, and from 20 wine regions. Let us present the winners.

Our cover star: Barta Tokaji Furmint 2020

Vintage 2020 is to arrive in the webshop any day! What we know for certain is that the grape comes from the prestigious Öreg Király vineyard (meaning ‘Old King’) and that it is made with the traditional method, of 100% Furmint, with at least 3 years of ageing on the lees.
The webshop will shortly be updated.
More about Öreg Király vineyard here:

Tokaj vineyards before and after

Hungarian Academy of Sciences wine contest top results

This year the contest saw a record number of samples, thanks to the rigorous tasting method of two rounds, lasting for a whole week. And the winners are:

Premium category white wines
Grand gold: Naár Tokaji Furmint 2023, Tokaj
Grand gold: Figula Öreghegy 2023, Balatonfüred–Csopak
Grand gold: Béres Tokaji Lőcse Furmint 2019, Tokaj

Premium category red wines
Grand gold: Thummerer Egri Syrah Superior Válogatás 2021, Eger
Grand gold: Bujdosó Merlot Válogatás 2020, Balatonboglár

Premium category sweet wines
Grand gold: Gróf Degenfeld Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos 2018, Tokaj

Premium category sparkling wines
Grand gold: Barta Tokaji Furmint Pezsgő 2020, Tokaj
Grand gold: Kreinbacher Brut Classic, Somló

Medium category (wines for events of the Academy) white wines
Veszprémi Érseki Pincészet Mandorla Rajnai Rizling 2024, Balatonfüred–Csopak

Medium category (wines for events of the Academy) red wines
Várszegi Merlot 2024, Balatonfüred–Csopak

Medium category (wines for events of the Academy) rosé wines
Gál Szent Márton Rosé 2025, Kunság

Official press release in Hungarian here