Tokaj & Eger Producers Win Top Awards at Hungarian Wine Grand Prix
- 9 Jan 2025 8:38 AM
In the white wine category, the 2021 Csontos Furmint from Bott Pince in Tokaj, and in the red wine category, the 2019 Agapé Nagy-Eged-hegy Grand Superior from Eger in St. Andrea in Eger won the 2024 Hungarian Wine Grand Prix awarded by the Hungarian Wine Writers' Circle (MBK).
The winner of the Dr. József Kosárka Memorial Award is the Nimród Kovács Winery, - pictured above - also from Eger.
This year, the wine writers selected the most wines from the Pannonian wine region (Villány, Szekszárd, Tolna and Pécs) and the Balaton wine region (six wine regions around Lake Balaton) among the top-listed wines, six from each region.
Next comes the Upper Pannonian wine region (Sopron, Mór, Etyek, Neszmély and Pannonhalma) with 5 wines, and then Tokaj-Hegyalja with 4 wines.
The Upper Hungarian wine region (Eger, Mátra and Bükk) is represented on the list with 3 wines, the Hungarian Wine Writers' Circle told MTI on Wednesday.
The announcement recalls that József Kosárka was the founder and president of MBK until his death in 2022.
The award, established in his memory, was selected by the MBK membership from among the wineries that received the most nominations this year, and the 2024 memorial award will be given to the Nimród Kovács Winery in Eger.
This is the third time that the Eger winery has received this recognition, after the Thummerer Winery in 2022 and the St. Andrea Vineyard in 2023.
The award ceremony will be held at the Nagy Fehérvár Wine Festival on Saturday at the Mercure Hotel in Székesfehérvár.
The two Hungarian wine grand prize winners will also be available to taste during one of the festival's master classes, where Judit Bott (Bott Pince) and György Lőrincz (St. Andrea Szőlőbirtok) will personally present their wines.
Source:
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.
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