Hungary’s legendary wine region is changing. Chris Boiling, who recently planted some Furmint vines at his vineyard in Slovenia, travels to the home of Furmint, Tokaj, to see what’s trending there…
Tokaj, Hungary’s most famous wine region, stretches before me. I’m standing on the terrace of a new winery, admiring its commanding view of the area where so much has remained the same over the centuries, but I’m also marvelling at how much is changing. This £4.6m winery was built to produce dry, off-dry and sparkling wines for Château Dereszla, owned by Patrick d’Aulan of Ch Sansonnet in St-Émilion. ...