The Wine that Ended a Turkish Siege in 1522 - Discover Eger in Hungary.

The Wine that Ended a Turkish Siege in 1522 - Discover Eger in Hungary.

In 1522, the Turk’s were abandoning a siege, because they saw the locals drinking bull’s blood, the famous Egri Bikaver red wine blend…Eger has been one of my first wine trips ever. So, I am especially excited to share this 20-minutes wine travels report with you and introduce you briefly to some of the top wines here. Get more impression from my wine journey on Instagram📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncorkmywine_official/Discover the Eger wine region with me. Located 90 min North-East of Budapest, it offers not only beautiful architecture and exciting history, but also a bunch of quality winemakers taking local grape varieties, and the famous local blends to the next level. Egri Csillag is the famous Eger white wine blend, translating to “the star of Eger”. Only local white wine varieties are allowed, Furmint, Harslevelu, Leanyka, Kiraleanyka, and Zenit. Introduced in 2010. Much more history is on the back of the bull’s blood blend, the Egri Bikaver. Heavy red wines dominated by the famous Hungarian grapes Kadarka and Kekfrankos, and supported by international varieties such as Merlot, Syrah, and Pinot Noir. Often oak matured and alcohol-heavy, these red wine blends can age for decades and only get smoother with time. Wines tasted:1. Gal Tibor, Egri Csillag 2025, Eger, Hungary2. St. Andrea, Merengo 2022, Egri Bikaver Superiore, Eger, HungaryGal Tiborhttps://galtibor.hu/en📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/galtibor.titi/St Andreahttps://standrea.com/en📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/standreawinery/#wset #wineeducation #winemaker #wine #winetasting #hungary #winelovers

Leányka: Eger's Underrated Maiden Grape - Tasting Hungarian wine by Toth Ferenc.

Leányka is Eger's "maiden grape," and the reference books are unkind to it, soft, unexciting, usually blended away. I disagree. Tasting a steel-tank Leányka from the Eger legend Tóth Ferenc, I make the case for it as a fresh, saline, high-acid white with real charm, and tell the stories around it: the 1552 Bull's Blood siege, the naming rivalry during Hungary's War of Independence, why it is not the same as Romania's Fetească Albă, and how it became the parent of Királyleányka, the little princess. One of Hungary's coolest wine regions, one of its most underrated whites. Full notes at uncorkmywine.com.

Somló's Sheep's Tail: Juhfark with Kis Tamás of Somlói Vándor

The Wine Grapes encyclopedia describes Juhfark as "perhaps the least modern or internationally appealing of Hungarian varieties." I take a different view, so I went to Somló, a nine-million-year-old volcano in northwest Hungary that formed under an ancient sea and never erupted. Kis Tamás of Somlói Vándor farms six certified-organic hectares across twelve small parcels on the hill. We discuss why this thin-skinned, high-acid "sheep's tail" grape nearly vanished under socialism, why he sees it as a winner from a warming climate, and why Somló wines taste sharp and salty even when the numbers suggest otherwise. We also cover his use of oak, extended lees ageing, and a local fertility legend that no one can quite substantiate. Part of Uncorkmywine, a series working through the grape varieties of the Wine Grapes encyclopedia, recorded on location with the people who grow them.

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Muškát Moravský - The Muscat Czech Winemakers Bred Themselves | Wines tasted bz Sonberk and Zlomek & Vavra, Moravia, Czech Republic

Many countries in the world have their regional Muscat varieties... but often those ore mutations of Muscat Ottonel or Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains. In Czech Republic though, they were simply crossing their own Muscat variety in the 1980s. Get more impression from my wine journey ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/uncorkmywine_official/] ⁠Youtube⁠ [https://studio.youtube.com/video/eqHm2bn_gKc/edit] Muscat grows all over the world, but in the 1980s Moravian breeders were ambitious enough to make their own: Muškát Moravský, a crossing of Muscat Ottonel and Prachttraube built for a cool, continental climate. In this episode I taste two contrasting styles side by side, a bone-dry version from Sonberk in the Mikulovská sub-region and an off-dry kabinet from Zlomek & Vávra in Slovácká, and use them to tell the wider story of Czech wine: 18,000 hectares split 95/5 between Moravia and Bohemia, a tradition running back to the Romans, the clean cut of fifty communist years, and why so many Czech grapes are homegrown crossings. One of the 1,368 varieties from Wine Grapes, on camera. Full write-up and producer links at uncorkmywine.com. More about Moravia [https://uncorkmywine.com/travel/moravia] Wines tasted 1. Sonberk winery - Muskat Moravsky 2025 2. Zlomek & Vavra - Muskat Moravsky Kabinetni 2024 Wineries Sonberk Winery [⁠⁠https://www.sonberk.cz/en/⁠⁠] Zlomek & Vavra [https://www.vinozlomekvavra.cz/] #Muscat #CzechWine #Moravia #Sonberk #winegrapes #uncorkmywine #WSET #wine