Tűzkő Estate from Tolna will also participate

Winelovers X is a walk-around tasting for professionals on 9 June, with approximately 50 exhibitors. The venue is the hotel of the wine competition, Ensana Thermal Hotel in the charming Margaret Island. Are you a wine professional? This tasting is worth an escape in the green heart of Budapest! Entrance is free of charge for the members of the wine trade.  The first 15 exhibitors are revealed, Tűzkő Estate, a “daughter estate” of the Tuscan Antinori will also be present.

Date and time: 9 June 2026, 15.00–19.00
Venue: Ensana Thermal Hotel, Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary
How to register? In case you are a member of the wine trade (wine merchant, importer, buyer, sommelier, restaurant manager etc.), write an email to info@winelovers.hu. Besides your name and profession, please, provide your workplace and your position. Our colleagues will reply shortly.
Exhibitors: 15 names are announced and some more is coming soon, we plan to have 50 exhibitors. See the list here.

Did you know that Antinori estate is Europe’s most admired winery?

Just check out this list! And did you know that Antinori has an estate in Hungary? Tűzkő Estate is located in the hilly Tolna wine region, and they have a wide range of wines from the crispy Grüner Veltliner to the complex red flagship blend, Tűzkő Domb. The winery has won The Best Chardonnay trophy at the first edition of Winelovers Wine Awards international wine competition, while Tűzkő Domb 2023 has just won gold medal at VinAgora, the other international wine contest organised in Hungary..

More about Tűzkő Estate

35 wine exhibitors, plus gin, rum, pálinka

Hungarian and Italian wineries present their wines in a tasting on the stunning Margaret Island, in the green heart of Budapest. The entrance is free, but only for members of the wine trade. Places are limited, if you are a sommelier, restaurant manager, wine bar representative or alike, register now!

“Winelovers X is an industry matchmaking event between wineries, Winelovers Wine Awards Jury’s buyers/professionals and Hungarian on-trade & off-trade wine players. During this exclusive tasting event, which is only available for relevant people, business opportunities emerge, supplier contracts are signed.”

Date and time: 30 June, 15.00–19.00
Venue: Ensana Thermal Margarete Island 4-star superior
Hungarian wine exhibitors of our cover photo: Bock Winery (Villány), Garamvári Vineyards (Balaton /Etyek–Buda), Tűzkő Estate (Tolna)
For registering the event, send an email to here with your name, workplace, position and phone number.
Want to exhibit your wine? Get in touch with Winelovers sales here.
See all the exhibitors here

Margarete Island

Ensana Thermal Hotel is located in the “green heart” of Budapest, in Margarete Island, on the river Danube. It is ideal for early morning runners, and there is a little zoo nearby, the so called “Musical Fountain” is worth finding just like the ruins of Princess Margaret’s little castle.

Read more about the island here

The wineries from our cover photo

Bock Estate

Garamvári Vineyard

Tűzkő Estate

Last minute registration for professionals

If you are a wine professional (sommelier, merchant, bartender, etc) you can still register for the tasting / networking event taking place at Continental Hotel Budapest tomorrow.

The tasting is a side event of the 2nd Winelovers Wine Award international wine contest, therefore the jury members take place at the tasting as well. Rose Murray Brown MW from Scotland, Jamie Goode from England, Caro Maurer MW from Germany are some of the wine experts participants can mingle with.

As for the wines to be tasted, guests can taste an exciting international selection of the samples, and there will be 10 exhibiting wineries, plus a wine region – Balatonboglár wine region – with 5 more wineries.
One of the exhibitors is Eszterbauer Winery from Szekszárd, the winery which produced the best red wine of the 1st Winelovers Wine Awards.

See the list of exhibitors here

Register here (in Hungarian, but google can help)

Our earlier article about Eszterbauer Grand, the best red wine of Winelovers Wine Awards

Eszterbauer Grand 2017 – The Best Hungarian Red Wine

See the list of Winelovers Wine Awards jury members