Mountain Wine is a complex, matured, single vineyard white wine made of Olaszrizling around lake Balaton. GastroPicnic is a series of events organized to draw attention to the all year attractions of Balaton, the largest lake of Central Europe. The next event is a wine and food tasting on 8 December on Badacsony mountain. The venue is indoor and outdoor at the same time: a huge tent overlooking the winter Balaton (in the car park of frissTerasz). Guests can taste wines, gourmet bits, cakes, palinka – all from local vendors. Artisan products like bread by „Búzalelke” (The Soul of the Wheat) bakery or peach–mint–white chocolate jam by Nanett. The food is to be paid for individually, but all the „Mountain Wines” of Badacsony will available for tasting for only 1000 HUF (3 euros). 9 wineries of Balaton will pour their Mountain Wines at a separate booth so that visitors can get an overall picture of this relatively new category of the region.

A distillery within the boundaries of a capital? Yes, Budapest boasts a legendary distillery producing the famous herb liquor, Unicum for two centuries. The distillery has a museum with tasting oppurtinity well worth visiting, but 30 November is day when visitors will have double reason to take the tram to Soroksári street: the wine branch of the family company will hold a portfolio tasting showcasing around 50 wines from 10 wineries. Zwack wine distribution works with smaller scale family wineries, where quality and tradititions are the main focus. Gere Attila Winery is a family winery founded by Attila Gere, who is still the head of the winery, though his daughter, Andrea Gere has taken over many of the managing duties. Their emblematic bordeaux blend wine, Kopar is available for tasting at this event, thus their exhibition booth is a must! It is made only in the best years from selected grapes from the best vineyards of Villány (Kopár, Csillagvölgy, Konkoly, Ördögárok). The wine is a blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. On average it receives a 16–18 month long ageing in barriques. Now the 2015 vintage is on sale.

Tickets cost 6500 HUF, include tasting of all the wines and a bottle of Portugieser from Nyolcas winery, Eger.

Tickets should be purchased in advance