Try the legendary ’Debrecziner’ sausage in its birthplace! Culinary festival

Hungarianwines.eu — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 08:48:16 +0000

Date: 24-25 June
Location: ’Nagyerdő’ (’Big forest’ park), Debrecen, Hungary
Type of event: culinary festival with gourmet restaurant exhibitors and cooking shows

Debrecen is one of the largest cities in Hungary, and the Hungarian discount air company, WizzAir operates flights to Debrecen from the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden. With the sponsorship of Wizzair, Ikon restaurant and Baromfiudvar, the culinary festival of Debrecziner Gourmet takes place for the second time. Visitors can sample gourmet bits from some 20 of the best restaurants of the countryside.

Hortobágy: the ’puszta’ with quality meat

The focus of the festival is on local ingredients from the largest plain in Central Eastern Europe, Hungary’s first National Park called Hortobágy, which is situated near Debrecen. Native guinea fowl, grey cattle, ’racka’ sheep – they will be all interpreted by one of the creative chefs cooking at the festival.

Ikon restaurant is definitely the one in Debrecen that one must visit. Innovative cuisine based on local ingredients and a huge selection of Hungarian wines with some foreign wines as well. Try their Charolais steak matured for 6 weeks with roasted vegetables, and sample the iconic shiraz, called Phantom from Gróf Buttler Winery, Eger: great wine, great dish.

Wine and much more

The event stage will be busy with cooking shows delivered by star chefs, and the visitors can learn how to open a champagne bottle by a sabre. Divino, the wine bar chain offering Junibor (the association of young winemakers) wines with the zest of these young winemakers, while Bortársaság, one of Hungary’s most important wine merchant will provide outstanding quality wines among others from Sauska (Tokaj and Villány). There will be craft beer and ’pálinka’ of course, the local spirit.

And a last word on food: don’t miss the legendary sausage, ’debrecziner’ originating from Debrecen!

Tickets: only 1000 HUF (3.2 euros) in advance and 2000 HUF ont he spot.

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Winewriter’s Choice – live in the city of Debrecen!

Hungarianwines.eu — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:16:14 +0000

Date: 28 January, 15.00–20.00
Location: Déri Museum (4026 Debrecen, Déri tér 1.)
Type of event: award ceremony and consumer tasting (price 6000 HUF)

We have recently published a piece of news about the first competition of the Circle of Hungarian Winewriters, where Szent Tamás Mád Furmint was chosen the best white wine and Thummerer Egri Bikavér Grand Superior was selected the best red wine. Now we can proudly share the date of the award giving ceremony to be held in the city of Debrecen.

Mihály Munkácsy

At the event not only the two winners, but many producers of the best nominated wines, the red and the white Super 12 wineries will also be present and show their wines:

Bott Frigyes (Garam Mente)
Etyeki Kúria (Etyek)
Heimann Családi Birtok (Szekszárd)
Heumann Pincészet (Villány)
Holdvölgy Pincészet (Tokaj)
Jekl Pincészet (Villány)
Kovács Nimród Borászat (Eger)
Mészáros Borház és Pince (Szekszárd)
Pannonhalmi Apátsági Pincészet (Pannonhalma)
Szent Tamás Szőlőbirtok és Pincészet (Tokaj)
St. Andrea Szőlőbirtok (Eger)
Szepsy István (Tokaj)
Takler Borbirtok (Szekszárd)
Thummerer Pince (Eger)
Vin Art Pincészet (Villány)

Debrecen is only one and a half hour’s drive from Budapest, or it is even better – when participating a wine tasting – to go by InterCity train. Debrecen has an international airport as well. Debrecen is the second most populous city in Hungary. It used to be the parlamentary city twice in the history. The city has several historical buildings worth seeing, and a must see spot is Déri Museum, where the tasting event takes place. The museum hosts paintings by Mihály Munkácsy, one of the most important Hungarian painters. In summer, the Flower Carnival of Debrecen attracts thousands of visitors.

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