Budafok – the wine district of Budapest awaits you on 6–8 September
Sparkling and still wine festival
Vienna has Grinzing, Paris has some vineyards in the Montmartre and Budapest is also a capital that boasts vineyards and wine cellars “within the city walls”. Budafok is the sparkling district of the Hungarian capital with iconic sparkling cellars like Törley, Garamvári and Sauska. The 34th annual Budafok Wine and Sparkling Wine Festival is an open air festivity with guest wineries – for example Steigler from Sopron and Szeleshát from Szekszárd – , live music and children programmes.
Date and time: 6th, 7th and 8th of September, every day from 16.00 to 23.00
Programmes:
– open air wine tastings at Oroszlános Udvar and Városháza square
– open air market of artisan products
– concerts, children programmes
– gastronomic exhibitors
Entrance is free, but the festival glass has to be bought for 2000 HUF.
How to get there: very simple, just take No47 tram from Deák square, ride 20 stops and you are in the centre of a buzzing wine village!
The official website of the festival is only in Hungarian and does not contain much…
The Facebook-page gives a bit more info.
If you need help, contact us.
Garamvári – pioneering and winning constantly
For a long time, sparkling wine production in Hungary was burdened by tax costs, and Garamvári was the only family winery producing sparkling wines, besides the big player Törley. Vencel Garamvári, the founder, a keen connoisseur of Champagne became successful with his traditional method sparkling wines made of Champagne varieties, but at the same time he was the first to make bottle fermented sparkling wine of Furmint grape. Blanc Fleur, the sparkling wine in our cover photos is an extra dry vintage (2018) sparkling wine made of Pinot Blanc, a real hit from the estate.
The estate produces still wines as well, and win many awards and titles all the time. The most recent one: Garamvári Sauvignon Blanc 2023 has been selected the Best White Wine of Savaria Historic Festival (one of the coolest events in Hungary!).
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