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.

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