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Touring through hungary day 3

Ashwini Patil Avate

Posted On Friday, April 16, 2010 at 01:05:50 AM

Our study tour has taken us (my Masters class and me) from spending two weeks in Italy to Hungary. We were to spend a total of five days in Hungary before heading to Switzerland for a week.

During the last couple of days we did get to visit some breathtaking landscapes and taste some great wine. We had spent a day in the Tokaj region and then were back in Budapest.

There is a different charm to the Central Europe; it is quite different from the hugely popular (with Indian traveler) Western Europe.

Our day three in Hungary kick started with  a visit to Lover pince. With a total of 100 hectares they produce 13,000 Hectoliters of wine. They export 50 per cent of their production to Switzerland, Germany and Austria and the rest in their own shops in Hungary and in restaurants.

This visit was followd by a lovely lunch at a local restaurant and since the weather was wet and cold the typical Hungarian Goulash (pork or beef stew cooked with vegetables) seemed to cement the day for us, the spices did it for me since over the last few weeks we were only eating bland food.

After the hearty meal the next visit was Vinceller Vineyards, again a nice small winery making some good wines. We tasted some typical Hungarian grape varieties there like Kadarka, Kiralyleanyka,Olaszrizling, Furmint, Ezerjo, Juhfark, Harslevelu.






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