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Gere Cab Franc from the Devil’s Trench

Hungarianwines.eu — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 13:28:32 +0000

“With time they get more and more elegant” – says Andrea Gere in a video about Cabernet Franc wines. Though Franc & Franc event is cancelled this year, we can enjoy the wonderful Cabernet Franc wines from Villány, the so called Villányi Franc wines at home. Andrea is Attila Gere’s daughter, and she is in the front line now leading the family estate. As she explains in a recent video, Cabernet Franc is the closest to her heart out of the Bordeaux varieties. The wine of this grape is exciting in Villány, and it develops well in the bottle. At Gere Attila Winery they decided to bottle single vineyard Cab Francs to show the merits of the different terroirs. One is from Csillagvölgy (‘Star Valley’), the other is from Ördögárok (‘Devil’s Trench’).

Exciting and smooth

Andrea comments that “Devil’s Trench is really a trench or couldron, a closed vineyard where heat is usually stuck, thus the resulting wine is always velvety, silky, the tannins are never harsh.” Ördögárok Villányi Franc shows elegance even at early age, but it has a long potential. It also shows some nice minerality coming from the limestone in the soil, thanks to the age of the vines and their roots deep in the soil. As a result of several years of experimenting by now the Gere family has got recipe for the stunning Cabernet Franc: the wine matures in small (300 L) barrels for 16 months.

Vintage 2017 released

Ripened red and black berry fruits, some subtle saline and smoky notes and a touch of coffee. A harmonious, elegant, great wine again.

More about Gere Attila Winery

Gere Attila wines in Germany

Gere Attila wines in Poland

The winery’s Facebook page in English

The estate is also found on Twitter

Interview with Andrea Gere on British The-Buyer.net

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Apples and apple trees – stories from Hungarian ’Wine Society’

Hungarianwines.eu — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 09:30:45 +0000

Before Christmas wine magazines are full of ’what to buy’, ’how the find the perfect gift’ articles, but Bortársaság wine store concentrated on a more adorable topic: family. A recently posted article interviews winemakers with their son or daughter about their very first wine. Touchy, lovely, must read! Bortársaság is probably the most important Hungarian wine store chain with 20 stores nationwide and webshop, plus – what is more important – with a selection of wines with personality. Bortársaság, the word is a translation of British Wine Society, which was an example for the Hungarian founders. And this wine store is one of the few with a regular, functioning wine magazine, and the articles are even available in English! „It’s not a rare occurrence that during our winery visits to see sparkling-eyed young people plodding away next to the winemaker, initially observing from a distance, and with time taking part in the conversations more and more actively. Many of them grew up in front of our eyes and have become important figures in winemaking” – as we can read at the beginning of the article with the title ’The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’. Several winemakers are asked, for example Attila and Andrea Gere from Villány (on the left) or Tamás and Bence Dúzsi from Szekszárd (on the right).
Read the whole article with fathers and children

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Save the Date! Lets taste organic wines with young winemakers

Hungarianwines.eu — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:45:26 +0000

Date: 1 March 2017
Location: Budapest, DiVino Gozsdu
Type of event: 1 day tasting of organic wines for professionals and consumers

16 wines of 8 winemakers, all made of grapes from organic wineries, followed by handcrafted cheese and ham. Guests will be able to get to know the advantages, disadvantages and differences of organic winemaking at one of Budapest’s trendiest wine bars, DiVino Guzsdu, in the teeming, cosmopolitan centre of the capital.

Junibor is the association unites young winemakers who belong to family wineries. They have their own programmes, events, and give awards. Their aim is to help each other in the learning process and to address young people and educate them. Junibor has 29 members from 10 different wine regions. Winemakers can beome a member when under 35 and stay in the association till they turn into 40. The wines of Junibor can be tasted in DiVino wine bars. It has the same concept as the ‘brother’ DiVino Bazilika, but DiVino Gozsdu is situated in the heart of the party district of Budapest. If you want a table, you should reserve in advance, since it gets crowded in the evening.

Tickets and more information

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