If you enter a house in Hungary, the first piece of food you are offered is a salty, round cake called pogácsa. The texture is quite similar to that of the English scones, but pogácsa is always salty. Kadarka, a lighter bodied, easy drinking, fairly spicy wine is a perfect match with pogácsa, two things that have been consumed million times together at simple tables covered with red and white checked table cloth. Try the combination, and enjoy the simplicity, which will give you the pleasure of perfection.
See the recipe below the wine info.

Taste Vesztergombi wines at PROWEIN at the Hungarian community booth! Vesztergombi wines will be represented by CABOLO at D102/HALL 9.

Vesztergombi Kadarka, Szekszárd, 2021

Szekszárd is famous for Kadarka variety, and Ferenc Vesztergombi, who was awarded the prestigious Winemaker of the Year in 1993, is an enthusiastic producer of the variety along with his son, Csaba Vesztergombi. They were the first to organize a vertical tasting of their Kadarka wines to prove that yes, Kadarka has an ageing potential, and with time the notes become more complex, deeper. Their Kadarka wine comes from a 100-year-old plantation, fermented in stainless steel and aged in large casks. „When we blend it with other varieties, we always keep the dominant characteristics of Kadarka in mind. We believe that good Kadarka wines need about 10% botrytised berries to achieve the unmistakable aromas of Szekszárd Kadarka.” Currently 2021 vintage of Vesztergombi Kadarka is on sale.

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My mother’s pogácsa recipe

– Mix 500 grams of flour with 250 grams of cold butter.
– Heat 55 ml milk and when it is lukewarm, add a teaspoon of sugar and 25 grams of yeast.
– When the yeast has risen, mix it with the flour and add 2 egg yolks, 2-3 pinches of salt and 150 ml sour cream.
– Mix it well and then place it in the fridge for half an hour. Spread the dough with a rolling pin and fold it like you would fold a piece wrapping paper together.
– Place it in the fridge again for 20 minutes.
– Spread it again, fold it again, let it rest in the fridge again.
– After 20 minutes spread it again and with a glass cut little circles
– Spread them with beaten egg, place them on baking paper and put them into a preheated oven.
– Bake them until they are golden (in about 25-30 minutes at 180 C)
The basic ingredients can alter, cottage cheese, cheese, yoghurt, pork cracklings can also serve as the base of the dough.

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Meet Homola at Wine Paris and ProWein

At the last edition of Winelovers Wine Awards international competition, the organisers launched a Buyers’ Program, which proved to be successful. More than a dozen importers / distributors were speed dating with the participating wineries, each encounter had to be done within 10 minutes. Half a year has passed, the organisers surveyed the buyers, and it turned out that the most successful winery was Homola Winery from Balatonfüred–Csopak wine region, Homola shipments have left–among others–to Taiwan and the USA.

Dinamikusabb, aktuálisabb, vonzóbb

A verseny csodálatos dolog, pláne, ha mások versenyének haszonélvezői vagyunk. A ProWein az elmúlt három évtizedben szépen meghódította a trónt, az egykor sikeres London Wine Fair eljelentéktelenedett, a veronai Vinitaly nem igazán tudott kitörni a „csak-olasz” kategóriából, ahogy a bordeaux-i Vinexpo is elvesztette jelentőségét. Ez utóbbi azonban felvette a Wine Paris mentőövét, így az új párizsi expo maga mellé állította a Vinexpót, és immár a 6. kiadásra kerül sor februárban. A düsseldorfi vásár nyilván felismerte a méltó ellenfelet, és úgy tűnik, nem hagyják magukat, számos újítással és sok „borászbarát” megoldással álltak elő.

Minden ízében dinamikus

Megújult a logó: a fröccsenő boros grafika már önmagában dinamizmust sugall, de a szlogen is a fejlődést idézi: Discover the Taste of Tomorrow, azaz Fedezd fel a holnap ízeit. A ProWeint a nemzetek számában nem tudta megverni a francia expó, míg Párizsban 50 ország borait kóstolhatjuk, a ProWein több mint 60 ország borait vonultatja fel, megismerhetjük többek közt Japán, Korea és Kína borait.

A Rajnán ringatózva

A kiállítóknak az egyik legnagyobb gyötrelem a szálláskeresés, majd azok magas költsége volt, a vásár vezetése azonban talált megoldást: egy olyan partnert találtak, amely nagy mennyiségben köti le a szállásokat, így jobb árakat tud érvényesíteni, a szállások foglalása pedig közvetlenül a ProWein oldaláról megoldható, mintha egy beépített saját, „booking-com”-juk lenne (ez a Hotel & CityInfos almenü alatt található). Az egyik legmenőbb szállásfajta alighanem a Rajnán ringatózva aludni, közel az expóhoz. Még van elérhető kabin, két fő esetén nagyjából 180 euró / fő / éj ártól, ami nem kevés, de az elhelyezkedést tekintve elfogadható.

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Exploring new, unknown wine regions, discovering unpronounceable grape varieties, finding great producers at unexpected places – these are some of the wonders of the wine world. At ProWein masterclass called “Special Characters – Wines of Place” you can taste fabulous wines, like Mundus Vini gold winner Tornai Aranyhegy Juhfark 2020 from the tiny volcanic mountain of Somló.

Special Characters – Wines of Place masterclass

Date & time: 13.00–13.45, 19th March (Sunday)
Location: Hall 12, D20, PrWein, Düsseldorf, Germany
Speaker: Kristian Kielmayer DipWSET
Wines to taste (for more info click on the wines)

• Dubicz Winery and Vineyard Irsai Olivér 2022
• Feind Winery Királyleányka 2022
• Pannonhalma Archabbey Pannonhalmi Prior White 2021
• Villa Sandahl Odin’s Horse 2020
• Homola Paloznak Homola Sáfránkert 2021
• Tornai Winery Top Selection Aranyhegy Juhfark 2020
• Lajver Winery Lajver Bikavér 2019

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Our “cover boy”: Tornai Aranyhegy Juhfark 2020, Somló

This wine was born from the vines of the Aranyhegy (meaning “Golden mountain’) vineyard, made with carefully selected ripe grapes and gentle processing. Barrel maturation further enriched the flavors, creating this special wine, available in a limited number of bottles.

A rocky, mineral character dominates the scent, with ripe, juicy pear and oaky barrel aromas mixed in the background. Extremely characteristic wine and rich in mineral notes. The taste is complex, exciting, varied, there is oakiness and ripe but rounded acidity behind the fruitiness. In its long finish there are vanilla, and creamy, fruity aromas. Great accompaniment with roast pork, matured cheeses and strongly seasoned poultry dishes.

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