Wine Tasting In Budapest City Centre

Enjoy an exclusive wine tasting in Budapest city centre, located in an atmospheric cellar near the Basilica. You will taste 9 Hungarian wines – including recent award-winners – from both well-known, large and smaller boutiqe wineries.

The tasting includes

• 4 reds, and
• 4 whites, plus
• 1 dessert wine from the famous Tokaj region.

To make the experience even more complete, tasty nibbles of Hungarian salami, cheese, sausages, nuts and dried fruits acompany the served wines along with a short but immersive introduction to Hungarian wine making and each wine you taste

You’ll get an expert introduction to local wine through an exclusive 9-tier wine tasting that covers the most important aspects of Hungarian wine making and history.

For each wine sample we serve you tasty bites, small chaurcuterie of Hungarian paprika salami, goat cheese (soft and hard), cured ham of Hungarian grey cattle, nuts, dried fruits etc. (see the list below) that perfectly complement the wines.

What’s more, a charming urban cellar and museum hosts the 2-hour event providing pleasant and fitting setting.

The venue is in Budapest’s centre, easily accessible by public transport and close to major attractions.

A fresh, fruity Furmint with lower alcohol content due to the slightly earlier harvest. Following 50 % fermentation in steel tanks and 50 % fermentation in barrels the two parts were blended.

The aroma of this wine evokes crisp fruitiness (think pear and chamolime)

It is an elegant, high-structured wine, with a touch of residual sugar that makes it round. In taste, it is rich in minerals and oak barrel aging, with a long-lasting finish.

A true Kadarka from the home of this classic Hungarian red. This fine, spicey red is a result of wild-fermentation with minimal handling, spontaneous fermentation in whole bunches, and 10 days of skin contact.

After gentle pressing, it was returned for 3 months of aging to the same concrete tank where the fermentation took place.

Elegant, light red with notes of berries, dry autumn leaves and fresh bell peppers.

Made from the Cabernet Franc grape variety, this red wine got its name from a family story. Literally, it originated from the fact that the estate was established with the money that the young couple initially wanted to spend on their honeymoon.

As wine aficinados, we can say it was worth it, because it’s truly special, a unique wine to be proud of – something the family can cherish.

According to the wine maker: “A multifaceted wine with compact fruitiness and delicate barrel spices, slightly more ‘southern,’ softer, warmer, and ‘sweeter’ than the 2019 vintage.

This exquisite red blend from the Lake Balaton‘s northern slopes, the Badacsony Hill, is a result of organic grape cultivation, hand-harvested Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Csobánc Hill, fermented in oak barrels.

It was aged for 10 months in oval large and French barrels.

You’ll be treated to notes of sour cherry, black currant, elegant spiciness, delicate acidity, excellent balance.

This is another Kadarka, but a more fully bodied one from the Ménes wine estate in Transylvania.

It was made through spontaneous fermentation and aged in oak barrels. Even from its color, it’s evident that this Kadarka has a fuller, deeper character.

Rich aromas of spices, flowers, and red berry fruits, a long and substantial wine.

A Modern Irsai Olivér for the second time from Etyek. The typical fragrance and freshness of the variety with the expected elegance from the winery characterizes this lovely white.

A dynamic sip, good acidity, notes of white flowers, grapefruit, tropical fruits, citrus, and sweet fruit aromas.

This is highly exciting Chardonnay by a small boutique winery from Mór region.

The apple-citrus aromas are complemented by sweet spicy notes. Volcanic salinity adds piquancy even to the aroma.

In taste, the salinity reigns supreme and rolls the creamy fruit flavors on the palate for a long finish. We recommend it as an accompaniment to white meats, smoked fish and meats, and risotto.

Grape cultivation spans over 7 hectares on the estate near the Folly Arboretum – northern shore of Lake Balaton -, much like the love and care given to the arboretum itself, it is a multi-generational legacy within the Folly family.

The Kisörsi Hill provides the ideal terroir for our leading grape varieties:

• Pinot Gris,
• Muscat Ottonel,
• Kéknyelű,
• Riesling,
• Budai Zöld, and
• Italian Riesling.”

This fine sweet wine from the world-renowned Tokaj wine region is the crown on your wine tasting experience.

One thing is sure, it will leave a lastin impression on you and you will want to take a bottle with you.

This szamordoni is light yellow in color, with lively silver reflections. 75 grams of residual sugar, is combined with incredible spiciness. Its true excitement lies in the flawless balance between acidity and sugar, along with long, creamy, citrusy, honeyed flavors.”

• Mangalica liver paté
• Csabai paprika salami
• Smoked beef tongue
• Dried grey beef ham
• Mangalica salami
• Gomolya cheese
• Pannonia cheese
• Soft goat cheese
• Hard goat cheese
• Pickled cucumbers
• Dried peaches
• Walnut
• Fruits
• Honey