buttler Archives - Hungarianwines https://hungarianwines.eu Wines of Hungary Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.16 https://hungarianwines.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cropped-hungarianwines-logo-300-e1595914033459-32x32.png buttler Archives - Hungarianwines https://hungarianwines.eu 32 32 Great “bullfight” in the trendiest part of Eger https://hungarianwines.eu/great-bullfight-in-the-trendiest-part-of-eger/ https://hungarianwines.eu/great-bullfight-in-the-trendiest-part-of-eger/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2018 08:24:54 +0000 http://www.hungarianwines.eu/?p=7353 The post Great “bullfight” in the trendiest part of Eger appeared first on Hungarianwines.

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Great “bullfight” in the trendiest part of Eger

Eger wine region is the most famous for its red blend called Bikavér (Bulls’ Blood). The blend is strictly controlled and it has a precise regulation in order to keep Eger Bikavér in a certain direction.
(Bikavér can be produced in one other Hungarian wine region, Szekszárd, which also has its own regulation.) Eger has an annual Bikavér festival in July, and this autumn a new event will be launched in a trendy district of Eger called Kőporos (‘Stone dusty’). The 1st Kőporos Bikaviadal (Bullfight) will take place on 15 September from 4 pm until midnight with 8 exhibiting wineries. Eger is only a 90 minute drive from Budapest or you can take an InterCity train, and direct buses also run from the capital to Eger. Gróf Buttler is one of the participating wineries, their Egri Bikavér Nagy-Eged is worth itself to take part in the festival: “Deep ruby colour. Gorgeous aroma of intense fruits, red and black berries, elegant minerality of the terroir and manifold spices that make this wine unforgettable! The palate is complex, concentrated, with breezy acids and ripe tannins. Extremely long, rich, fruity finish. Great material at its best! Growing wine with an extraordinary potential!”

Tickets are available on the venue (Eger, Nagykőporos street).
The event Facebook page is in Hungarian, if you need help, contact us (info@hungarianwines.eu)

 

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]]> https://hungarianwines.eu/great-bullfight-in-the-trendiest-part-of-eger/feed/ 23 Importer of the Week: Wolfgang Endreß https://hungarianwines.eu/importer-of-the-week-wolfgang-endres/ https://hungarianwines.eu/importer-of-the-week-wolfgang-endres/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2018 14:58:22 +0000 http://www.hungarianwines.eu/?p=5726 Company: Weinkomplott Country: Germany Labels so far: 44 wineries at the moment including larger wineries like Chateau Dereszla, Bock Cellar, Vylyan and smallers like Miklós Rácz, Böjt Winery, Gróf Buttler […]

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Country: Germany
Labels so far: 44 wineries at the moment including larger wineries like Chateau Dereszla, Bock Cellar, Vylyan and smallers like Miklós Rácz, Böjt Winery, Gróf Buttler or Szászi Winery

It started with love, passion, Balaton

  • How did you become a wine professional?

Well, at the end of the 90s I fell in love with wines. I tasted many German, Italian, French and Austrian wines. I was participated in many wine tastings in Germany. Moreover once I was invited as a jury to a German Riesling tasting. I decided to take part in a professional wine seminar in Wien, Austria. Somehow I was convinced I would like to work with wines.

  • How did you become a specialist of Hungarian wines? Do you have any Hungarian relatives?

As I already had deeper knowledge on wines of the international market I travelled to Hungary for a holiday in the summer of 2004. In Balaton region I was with my acquaintances and they advised me to taste Hungarian wines. First I was a little sceptic, I must say…  but after some particularly interesting samples I was very surprised at the quality and the style of the wines. I was wondering about launching a small wine firm and if I start, why not with Hungarian wines? Hungarian wines were at that time really unknown in Germany and in Western Europe so it was quite a big challenge for me. But somehow I have started and now I am a Hungarian wine specialist! Moreover I am very happy married with a Hungarian wife and I have a son (6), who speaks Hungarian already very well! Thanks to my wife and son, Hungarian culture and love of Hungary stays with our family.

Long lasting relationships and quality oriented attitude

  • Do you remember your first experience of tasting a Hungarian wine?

Yes, I do. My first experience was with Konyári, Garamvári and Takler wines. They were also my first partners. I am very proud of these long lasting relationships and cooperations.

  • You have a really wide selection with smaller wineries and icon names as well, how do you pick a winery? What was your last discovery?

I am always very curious about new vintages, new wines and new smaller wineries. I think in the last 5-8 years a very significant innovation took place in Hungary. New small startups and new winemakers with international knowledge, experience and brand new ideas appeared on the market. Sometimes it is really difficult to follow the new trends, but I regularly take part in thematic wine tastings in Budapest and I visit the wineries personally. Thanks to my wife I get also information and news from the social media as Facebook, Blogs etc. So I am very up-to-date. Unfortunately almost all information is in Hungarian… So alone it would be a little bit difficult. I am always searching for wines of the best quality and for interesting notes. Of course the price should be also ok, but quality has priority. If I bought cheap wines of low quality, I could not sell them to my customers. We and I as specialists must stand for quality. My last big interesting discovery was in February and this is a Pinot Noir from the Tokaj wine region!

You should know your customers to make them happy

  • Who are your clients?

Through our online webshop we sell Hungarian wines all over Europe and sometimes wines go also overseas. But of course our main market is in Germany. We have a lot of regular customers. In the last 13 years we tried to maintain their trust and we are always happy to get their order. Of course we are very interested in gaining new customers as well. Thanks to our wine tastings we reach open minded people interested in new styles and new wine countries as Hungary. We have also reseller partners in Germany and Austria such as other wine stores, supermarkets, hotels, smaller wine seminars and other companies. It is very important to know your customers and their tastes moreover to have the overview about your assortment. We would like to make our customers happy with our recommendations.

  • What are your plans for the future? What will be the next new item in your portfolio?

I could say we are very satisfied and would like to continue our work on the same basics in the near future. Of course, with the same enthusiasm. I am personally dreaming about a small wine bar in Munich but it is only for the remote future. And I eagerly look forward to wines of the new vintage 2017!

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You can start booking TODAY for the discounted menus to an excellent selection of Hungarian restaurants. This is going to be the 12th official Restaurant Week, and the feedbacks are more than encouraging: last years the visitors rated the restaurants on an average of 4.56 out of 5.

Viognier 2013

Viognier 2013

Some restaurants of the 120 list

  • Kistücsök – really the best on the south of Lake Balaton, as we wrote earlier.
  • Innio – a wine bar with good food, the wine list is really amazing, as we wrote here.
  • IKON Restaurant in Debrecen, a city worth visiting as we wrote earlier.

An instant tip to try during the Diningcity Restaurant Week:

The boat resides on the river Danube witt breathtaking view of both sides of the capital: Buda and Pest. Try Gróf Buttler Viognier from Eger with king prawn, porcini tartare, saffron sauce – the crispy, fresh, mineral white wine will pair perfectly with the sweetish flesh of the prawn and all the other ingredients of the meal.

You can find the complete list of restaurants here

 

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]]> https://hungarianwines.eu/restaurant-week-in-hungary-discounted-culinary-heaven-on-13-19-march/feed/ 39 Hungarian Wines tomorrow and after in Beijing, China https://hungarianwines.eu/hungarian-wines-tomorrow-and-after-in-beijing-china/ https://hungarianwines.eu/hungarian-wines-tomorrow-and-after-in-beijing-china/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:30:50 +0000 http://www.hungarianwines.eu/?p=1057 The capital of China is the home of the 1st BRWC, Belt & Road Wine and Spirit Competition. Belt & Road refers to the ancient Chinese Silk Road, which connected nations and […]

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]]> img_0729The capital of China is the home of the 1st BRWC, Belt & Road Wine and Spirit Competition. Belt & Road refers to the ancient Chinese Silk Road, which connected nations and was a major trade route. Belt also refers to Fangshan wine region, where there is a belt of young, ambitious wineries. Nowadays Asia is the land of dynamic changes regarding wines and spirits, and this event – a conference and a wine competition – aims to connect the Silk Road states. India, Izrael, Japan, South Korea, Lebanon, Gergia, Armenia are all represented and of course the main focus is on Chinese wines.
This huge country is the biggest comsumer of red wines, and the consumers are more and more conscious. The era when any wine from Bordeaux could be sold for any price is over. Now the online wine merchants have proved that fine wines should not be extraordinary expensive, thus retailers had to adust to this new, transparent system. Thanks to Internet, Chinese people cannot be fooled any more. And it seems that the era of buying wines only as gift is also over, young Chinese often drink wine regularly, because they like it, and because they consider it healthier then for example the local spirit called baiju. Now they are open for new wines from new wine regions. French is still the number 1 imported wine and probably it will remain for a long time, but other nations will soon have more chance to show their talent.
img_0735BRWC is accompanied by an exhibition, where Hungarian wines are displayed as well due to an importing company called Morgan Star Group. Three wine regions are represented: Tokaj, Villány and Eger. Hétszőlő from Tokaj is highly
recommended as well as Vylyan from Villány and Gróf Buttler from Eger.
The wine exhibition is on 10–12 October, so if you happen to stay in Beijing, do not miss BRWC and the Hungarian pavilion!

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