A favourite recipe from Tamás Gere in Villány

A cookery book was published in 2010 with recipes and food stories from the most famous winemakers of Hungary. 15 years passed and it is fun to look through this book, the smiling faces, the dreams they had mentioned back then. Tamás Gere was 60-year-old in the book, he spoke about his dream of his son, Zsolt taking over, and about himself, dreaming of a grandchild. Now, Zsolt is managing the winery, and the happy grandpa can spend time with his gorgeous and naughty granddaughter!

 

In the book Tamás Gere recalled his childhood, when he adored his grandmother’s sweet pastries. He also spoke about the travels in the wine regions of the world, from Chile to Portugal, where he realised how much he loved fish. As for the family gatherings, he is happy to have several women in the family, they can share the duties among themselves, and he can enjoy the festive dishes, for example plates made of their home breed chickens.
The following recipe is a Swabian pork dish, a memory of the old times, when they used to kill a pig at home and made all the meat products themselves.

26 top restaurants, 16 wineries

SVÉT is an abbreviation and it stands for the “Stylish Countryside Restaurants”, its members represent the cream of the gastronomic landscape of Hungary. At the annual great tasting event guests will have a chance to taste plates from 26 of them at one place: in the beautiful Esterházy Castle Garden in Tata (an hours’ drive from Budapest). Taste great food for restaurants like Lokal 47 from South Balaton or Mandula from Villány and stunning wines from wineries like Gere Tamás & Zsolt from Villány or Gál Tibor Winery from Eger.

Theme of this year’s edition: “Mom’s cooking” (It is the 14th annual grand tasting of SVÉT member restaurants)
Date and time: 28 and 29 September 2024, in three time options each day: from 12.00, 14.00 or 16.00
Venue: 2890 Tata, Kastély square, near Platán restaurant, by the lake of Tata
Exhibiting wineries: Árvay (Tokaj), Balla Géza (Arad, Transylvania), Bock (Villány), Bott Frigyes (Garam-valley, Slovakia), Dúzsi Family Winery (Szekszárd), Gál Tibor (Eger), Gere (Villány), Gere Tamás & Zsolt (Villány), Hernyák (Etyek), Jásdi (Balatonfüred–Csopak), Légli Ottó (Balatonboglár), Neszmélyi Wine Route Association(Neszmély), Pannonhalmia Archabbey (Pannonhalma), Pendits (Tokaj), St. Andrea (Eger), Szeremley Estate (Badacsony), Tóth Ferenc Winery (Eger)
See exhibiting restaurants on the website of the event.
Tickets: 2000 HUF (5 EUR) / day or 2500 HUF (6.5 EUR) / two day
It is necessary to buy entrance tickets online in advance
Dishes and wines are to be paid on the spot.
More information (in Hungarian, but google can help)

An earlier article about Lokal 47 (Kristinus Wine Estate)

Love on the plates

An earlier article about Mandula (A. Gere Winery)

Enjoy the autumn menu at Gere Mandula restaurant

More about Gere Tamás & Zsolt Winery

Gere Tamás & Zsolt Winery

More about Gál Tibor Winery

Gál Tibor Winery

Festival weekend at several wineries

During the upcoming weekend several wineries will offer diverse programs in Villány wine region, Gere Tamás & Winery offers one of the most diverse programs on Saturday, on the 4th of May: creative nursery for the kids in the morning, guided tasting of treasures from the depth of the cellar in the afternoon, home-made burgers and grilled dishes all day, live music in the evening. Plus, when you have had enough of the “buzz” of the festival, you can chill in the cosy rooms of Diófa Pension, managed by Gere Tamás & Zsolt Winery.

A little language lesson

‘Borzsongás’ is an annual festival in Villány, always at the beginning of May, when nature begins to ‘buzz’, people enjoy doing picnics, the air is vibrant, joy is all around – this is what ‘zsongás’, the second part of the name of the event means. More precisely, you can hear ‘zsongás’ in a spring meadow full of flowers and bees. The first part, ‘bor’ means ‘wine’, obviously, since in Villány, in our southernmost wine region everything is connected to wine.

Basic info about Borzsongás wine festival

Venue: many wineries of Villány, for example the above mentioned Gere Tamás & Zsolt Winery, A. Gere Winery, Csányi Winery (Teleki wines), Vylyan Vineyard & Winery.

Website – programmes: the list of programmes for each day are listed on the official website of Villány wine marketing, however, only in Hungarian. Do not be afraid, you can get along, just look for the date and the name of the winery you are interested in, then you can use a bit of help from google translate.

Find the programmes here.
Advanced booking is needed in most cases!
Accommodation: Since the festival is very popular, hotels and guest houses are likely to be fully booked. Book your room as soon as possible.

Our earlier article about Diófa Pension

https://hungarianwines.eu/oasis-under-the-walnut-tree/

 

Kisasszony – a rosé made of 100% Kadarka

– The fruit came from Remete vineyard in Villány, the vines were planted in 2012, it is the third vintage of the plantation (Guyot training system).
– Harvest took place at the end of September.
– After destemming the juice was placed in stainless steel tank, fermentation took place under controlled temperature. The wine spent a few weeks on fine lees.
– Bottled in April, 4000 bottles were made.
– Alcohol: 13.6%
– Acidity: 5.5 g/l
– Residual sugar: 1.1 g/l
– Description: Clear, pale pink colour. Intense nose with surprisingly white wine character. Thanks to the P9 Clone the nose and the palate are spicier than in case of many other Kadarka wines. Abundant in floral notes, the red berry fruits stay in the background. Pleasant, refreshing acidity, while the long finish is the icing on the cake. A crispy, true summer wine.

More about Gere Tamás & Zsolt Winery