15 wineries await at Tornai Winery

The 11th edition of ‘Juhfark Ünnep ‘ (‘Juhfark Celebration’) will take place again at Tornai, the winery celebrating its 80th anniversary this year. Tickets are available at early bird price until the end of September. Let us celebrate the fruit of this unique volcanic terroir!

“The only way I can describe it is that this is a grape born angry. Tasting Juhfark for the first time is like meeting a little Celtic warrior, stone spear and rough pewter blade thrust in your face with the smell of woad and clay and rain and cold and sulphur up your nostrils.”
Tamlyn Currin wine writer, JancisRobinson.com
Read more about Juhfark grape variety below

Date and time: 17 October 2026, 11.00–20.00
Venue: Tornai Winery, Somló
How to get to Somló? By car it takes about 2 hours via M7. By public transport it takes much longer, 3.5 hours, including a longer walk. Free transfer is available from the town of Devecser, to avoid the long walk, but prior registration is needed via email until the 10th of October.
Tickets: 13 900 HUF (until the end of September)
The ticket includes the tasting of 31 wines from 15 wineries and some wine bites (pita, cheese, olives, fried nuts)
Get your ticket here (in Hungarian, but google can help)
Cellar tour is also available at 4.30 pm, the 60-minute cellar walk includes tasting from the barrel and costs 2900 HUF, get your ticket here (in Hungarian…)
Exhibiting wineries: 5 Ház, Baráth, Barcza, Csordás-Fodor, Fehérvári, Fekete, Hegedűs-Szabó, Kabor, Kancellár, Kolonics, Kőfejtő, Kreinbacher, Somlói Vándor, Szalai, Tornai
More information (in Hungarian)
You can also contact Hungarianwines.eu, we are here to help you.

Juhfark, the sheep’s tail

Juhfark takes its name from the sheep’s tail, as the long cylindrical shape of the bunches resemble the sheep’s tail. It is often cited as the ‘wines of the wedding-night’, since it was believed to help when a couple had been longing for a son. (The myth is debunked, see below.)
Juhfark is grown almost exclusively in the small volcanic hill of Somló, a small amount in Balatonfüred.
Rather neutral, restrained nose with some flowers and green apples. High, sometimes brutal acidity. It is really difficult to tame this variety, but there are amazing examples of it in history! If you are not afraid of straightforward acidity, take a chance on it. In Somló, the minerality paired with high acidity results some outstanding wines with great ageing potential.

Read Eric Danch’s (Danch & Granger Selection, US) about his Somló tour and about his Juhfark experiences

The myth is debunked, but Juhfark is forever!

Love & Juhfark

Our earlier article about the new release Tornai Orange Wine made of Hárslevelű

New release orange wine from Somló