Szekszárd – the wine region and its capital city – is pronounced ‘Sexard’, but there is no evidence that the citizens would make love more often than others… Lajver Wine House is a bit farther away from the city, it is located in the valley of Lajvér stream, surrounded by neat terraces of vineyards. For a romantic getaway one of the deluxe rooms or the suite of the estate is just perfect! And the restaurant – Gastro Workshop – offers mouth-watering plates like rosé duck breast with walnut noodles, baked apple purée and plums cooked in red wine.
The estate awaits you from the 1st February 2025 – there are only a few rooms, so it is better to book ahead!

Tranquility is taken seriously at Lajver Wine Estate, this is why children under 14 are not accepted. The estate building of Lajver Wine House fits into the surrounding hills and grape terraces, seamlessly, the valley is spectacular, the tasting hall is an astonishing, spacious place and even the cellar visit offers modern beauty. The chef of the wine bistro is creative and passionate, the staff is friendly, the wines are impressive.
The rooms are furnished with the use of the most natural materials: glass, stone, wood, concrete, subtle textiles. There are only a few rooms, so it is ideal for couples or small groups. The deluxe rooms have 39 square meters, while the suit has 67 square meters.

– How to get there: It is situated near the village of Szálka and it is 170 kilometres from Budapest, by car it takes about 1 hour and 40 minutes to get there.
– The best place for lovers of modern architecture.
– Where? Near Szekszárd (accessible only by car), surrounded by beautiful terraces of vines.
– Extras: amazing view of the rooms and great food (see menu below).
– Wines: a wide range of wines from the easy-drinking whites or rosés to the serious red wines, like Signum, the premium Bikavér of the estate.
– Don’t miss the “blanc de noir” wine of the estate, Incognito!
– Prices:
Deluxe room: 49 000 HUF (approx. 120 EUR) / per night / 2 people, including breakfast
Deluxe room: 29 000 HUF (approx. 70 EUR) / per night / 1 person, including breakfast
Suite: 66 000 HUF (approx. 160 EUR) / per night / 2 people, including breakfast
Lajver frequently holds vivid parties, check it before booking: you might find yourself in a buzzy festival.
The estate is closed from 20 December to 31 January, 

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Nearly 30 estates at Daejeon International Wine Expo

220 wineries from 16 countries will present their wines to the members of the South Korean wine trade. Hungary will be represented by nearly 30 wineries from 5 wine regions, organised by Wines of Hungary. Some of the exhibitors: Bock from Villány, Dubicz from Mátra, Etyeki Kúria from Etyek, Heimann & Fiai and Lajver from Szekszárd, Homola from Balaton, Tóth Ferenc from Eger, Tűzkő from Tolna, Zsirai from Tokaj.

Try something new, try Hungarian wines!

Though the wine in South Korea consumption has dropped in the last two years, the country is still considered to be a developing wine market. As there are more and more sophisticated wine connoisseurs, the trend of drinking less, but better helps wines from less known countries, like Hungary. For the adventurous Korean wine drinkers wines made of indigenous Hungarian grapes can be great alternatives to the market dominating Chilean, New Zealand, Italian and French wines.

A must for would-be married couples

The modern, yet perfectly landscape integrated building of Lajver with its surrounding terraces of vineyards is an ideal wedding scene. No wonder, many couples have started their joint journey on the premises of the winery. On 20 October they await young couples with all the necessary professionals of the wedding trade from confectioners to wedding photographers.

Date and time: 20 October 2024, 13.00–17.00
Venue: Lajver Wine Estate, Kossuth Lajos utca 86, Szálka 7121, Hungary
Who you can meet, talk to, ask for advice: Top experts of the wedding business including event organizer, wedding photographer, decoration expert, ceremony guide, confectioners, make up specialist, hairdresser, wedding dress designer – whatever would-be married couples might need.
Entrance ticket: 4900 HUF / couple (12–13 EUR)
The ticket includes coffee, soft drink, welcome bites. The winery reimburses the price of the ticket for the couples who hold their wedding at Lajver Wine Estate.
Registration: borbirtok@lajverwine.com

Lajver as a wedding venue

Capacity: 100 people in the event hall.
Wines: A wide range of wines with incredibly good value. Entry level white, rose and red wines and also top wines in each category – and the new sparkling wine.
Catering: The estate has its own kitchen with refined plates made of local ingredients.
Accommodation: 5 rooms in the estate building overlooking the vineyards, plus more places in the village of Szálka (2 km) and in Szekszárd (11 km).
Disance from the nearest airport: Budapest (181 km)

A short video to make you feel the vibes of the estate

127 wine exhibitors in the World Heritage Castle of Buda

A generation gained its first wine tasting experiences at “The Wine Festival”, as it was called at the beginning. It used to be a “must-go” event for winemakers and for all members of the trade. Times change, nowadays the competition of events is high, yet the magnificent scenery and the professional organizers attract thousands of visitors every year. This year the novelty is a luxurious Sunday Branch in the castle terrace, while the guest country is Georgia with is 8000 years’ winemaking legacy.

Date: 12–15 September, 2024
Opening hours: Thursday (12 Sept): 14.00–24.00, Friday: 14.00–1.00, Saturday: 14.00–1.00, Sunday: 14.00–22.00 (Sunday Brunch 11.00–14.00)
Where: on the terraces of the Castle of Buda
How to get there: the easiest way is to walk up the stairs or take bus No16 from Deák square. The Castle Hill Funicular is another, spectacular way to get there!
Tickets: Thursday: 8200 HUF, Friday: 8900 HUF, Saturday: 8900 HUF, Sunday: 6500 HUF
4-day pass: 15 000 HUF / 38 EUR
Sunday branch: 44 000 HUF / 112 EUR
Some of the exhibitors: Bock Winery (Villány), Borbély Family Winery (Badacsony), Dubicz Vineyard and Winery, Fehérvári Wine Estate (Somló), Garamvári Vineyards (Balatonboglár), Gere Attila Winery, Homola – Paloznak (Balatonfüred–Csopak), Lajver Wine House (Szekszárd), Sauska (Tokaj / Villány), Teleki (Villány), Tornai Winery (Somló), Tűzkő Estate (Tolna)
See the full list of exhibitors here
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Around 200 memorable wines to taste

The air of glamorous 5 star Corinthia Hotel will be filled with seductive scent of top red wines on this Saturday. Besides the 150 wines poured by the exhibitors – like Taschner from Sopron, Lajver from Szekszárd, Tűzkő from Tolna just to mention a few –, there will be a hall dedicated to around 50 flagship wines like Jammertal Cassiopeia Merlot – Cabernet Franc, Koch Premium Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 or Gere Kopar magnum. Early bird tickets are available until 3 November!

Bordói November

(‘bordói’ means from Bordeaux)
Time and date: 25 November, 14.00–21.00
Venue: Corinthia Hotel, Budapest, Erzsébet krt 43–47., Hungary
Tickets at the venue: 16 900 HUF / 44 euros
Early bird, pre-purchased tickets before 3 November: 13 900 HUF / 36 euros
Order your ticket here
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Lajver Blanc de Blancs Brut 2019

A decade ago a winery portfolio including a sparkling wine was rare to find – like a white raven as we say. Thanks to some change in the legislation wineries are now allowed to make sparkling wine and more and more of them realize that a bubbly in the range is a must. Finally Lajver Wine House followed suit and we are more than happy about it!

The decision was born in 2019. Lajver has 12 terraces at different altitudes and different exposures to the sun. For the sparkling the team chose the cooler one of the two Chardonnay terraces. The hand sorted grapes were pressed in whole bunches, and after controlled fermentation the base wine had some winter sleep while malolactic fermentation took place spontaneously. Tirage and bottling was carried on in March 2020 and after two and a half years of ageing on the lees they did the first disgorgement on the 3rd of November. The dosage is only 6 g/l, so it almost bone dry. As Rebeka Vida, the chief winemaker of Lajver described: “The notes of the 2.5 years ageing on the lees are more present on the nose with bread crust and toast, while the palate is more on the fruity side with citrus fruits and green apple. When tasting, we can also enjoy the complexity besides the fruitiness. Abundant in bubbles, refreshing acidity, long finish. Surprisingly enough there is a hint of petrol in the aftertaste.”

The bottle fermented sparkling wines gain their complex aromas from the lees. In some places the “lees” is called the “mother” of the sparkling wine. The sparkling wine develops only when it is in contact with the lees, thus the shorter you keep it after disgorgement, the better it is. Always look for the disgorgement date! The general rule is to drink a sparkling wine as soon as you can, and do not keep it longer than two years after the disgorgement.

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Lajver Blanc de Blancs Brut is available in very limited amount, thus you can find it only on the Hungarian section of Lajver webshop

It will be the world’s most pleasant battle which has ever happened to a medieval castle. Hungarian Gettogether is a moving summer wine event held annually, always in a different Hungarian wine region.

This year Villány wine region will host it at the stunning Castle of Siklós. The walk around tasting with the selected wineries is free of charge for the guests. Street food of outstanding quality will be available from the two Tri Advisor’s top Villány wine hotel, from the chefs of Gere Attila Mandula and Bock Óbor restaurants.

Bus transfer is provided for invited guests from Budapest to the event and back. For those who prefer to stay, some hotel recommendations are displayed on the website of the event.

Exhibitors – a top league

Babarczi Vineyard and Winery (Pannonhalma), Csányi Winery (Villány), Dúzsi Family Winery (Szekszárd),  Eszterbauer Winery (Szekszárd), Etyeki Kúria (Etyek), Gere Tamás & Zsolt Winery (Villány), Heumann Winery (Villány), Heimann & Sons (Szekszárd), Hilltop Neszmély (Neszmély), Koch Winery (Hajós–Baja & Villány), Lajver Wine Estate (Szekszárd), Mátra wine region, Vesztergombi Cellar (Szekszárd), Villa Sandahl (Badacsony), Vylyan Vineyard and Winery, Zsirai Winery (Tokaj).

Guest exhibitors

– Vino Castillo – Hungary’s leading importer of Spanish wines

– Pécs University Wine Estate – the winery of Institute of Viticulture and Enology of the University of Pécs, the wold’s 6th largest grape gene bank

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If you are a non-Hungarian wine professional and you are interested in this event, let us know!

Let’s have carnival with Lajver Incognito! While anglo-saxon folks are busy with their Valentine cards, the latin world suffers from standing still – it is time to dance! If Covid had not ruined our lives, now the streets of Rio de Janeiro would be full of extravagant costumes, hot dancers. The biggest festival of the world is cancelled, so let us have carnival at home – with Incognito from Lajver Wine Estate, a very special wine indeed from Szekszárd wine region!

An irregular Kékfrankos / Blaufrankisch

Did you know that the Carnival of Rio started as early as 1723? Now it is really the largest event of this kind with 2 million people on the streets per day! The date is always adjusted to Easter, to the beginning of Lent. The Carnival of Venice might be older, but its recent history started in 1979 – and this year the Carnival of Venice is cancelled, too.

So why Incognito? Because it is a Kékfrankos ‘in incognito’ – black grape vinified into white wine. The idea belongs to Attila Nagy, the consultant winemaker and viticulturist of Lajver, therefore the label bears his signature. Blanc de noir wines are sometimes clumsy and tannic, but Incognito is balanced and refreshing, great result of creativity!

“Pale lemon green colour with silvery tinges. The nose is clean, showing reductive technology and low temperature vinification character with notes of melon and crunchy Granny Smith apple complimented by aniseed. The palate is dry, with high acidity and some phenolics, a digest and refreshing wine bringing a touch of pleasant bitterness on the finish, reminding the grapefruit peel.“

(Julia Scavo DipWSET, winner of 3rd Hungarian WebWineWriting, the 7th best sommelier of the world – ASI 2019)

Best value summer wine from Lajver Wine Estate

Julia Scavo’s full article about her Hungarian wine experiences

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80% of wines are purchased by women in the UK (Women and Wine Study by Vinexpo) – cites the press release of Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards 2021. This international competition operates ONLY with female buyers in the jury, which gives a special value to the medals won here. And Hungary is on the medal board! Holdvölgy Intuition No1 2013 from Tokaj won double gold, while Lajver Wine Estate from Szekszárd entered two wines, and both received gold medal!

Two luscious red wines

“Considering the significant rise in interest of women for the wine world, I am certain that it is of great importance for wine producers to acknowledge the value of female buyers giving beneficial insight into the market” – commented Dalia Leitenberg (Shangri-La Group), one of the 100 female buyers and hoteliers, who judged the thousands of entered wines of the 4th annual Hong Kong contest. Well, let us use the beneficial insight of them, and taste these wonderful wines!

Lajver Cabernet Sauvignon Limited Edition 2017

Lajver is a wonderful, state-of-art estate making pure, spotless wines with true Szekszárd character. This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon fermented in stainless steel and aged in French and Hungarian oak barrel for 12 months. An intense, tannic, full bodied wine with black berry fruits and sweet spices. Long ageing potential. Limited – indeed, only 1179 bottles were made.

Lajver Pinot Noir Limited Edition 2017

Lajver grapes ripen in the beautiful valley of Lajver brook, on terraces with south facing slopes. After thorough manual bunch selection the wine fermented in stainless steel and then aged in 500 L Hungarian and French oak (first and second use) for 16 months. Enchanting aromas of red berry fruits, soft tannins, vibrant acidity. Subtle, ethereal and utterly elegant. Only 1331 bottles were made.

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If you ever taste a good Kadarka, you will fall in love with it. Charming, full of spices, enchantingly fruity and tempts you to have another glass of it. Is it the frivolous grape? No, no! It does have serious ageing potential – in good hands. On Friday – 16 October – wine lovers will have a chance to taste several Kadarka and Kékfrankos wines in one place. Let’s revise the lesson of Kadarka and meet Tóth Ferenc Winery, Lajver Wine estate and Dúzsi Family Estate Kadarka wines.