Among his achievements, we can count the title of Winemaker of the Year, awarded in England in 1997, and the White Wine of the Year award at the 1998 London Wine Challenge, which he won with his Cserszegi wine.

In 1999, his work was acknowledged in Hungary with the Winemaker of the Year award, and a few harvests later, in 2004, Hilltop was named Winery of the Year.

In 2005, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary. His career has been accompanied by both national and international recognition, one of the most prestigious being the gold medal at Les Citadelles du Vin in 2015, which he earned in Bordeaux with his Kamocsay premium olaszrizling 2013.

An art and literature enthusiast, he is also an experienced tennis player and began sailing in the 2000s. He is credited with founding the Hungarian Wine Regatta at Lake Balaton in 2011, where he not only came up with the idea but also competes.
 

1. Where did you grow up?

Mór

2. If you could be an expat anywhere in the world, where would you choose?

South Africa

3. What would you miss most if you moved away from Hungary?

The fizzy nightlife of Budapest, friends.

4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?

Ruin-pubs, concerts, Buda Castle, wine bars with the good Hungarian wines.

5. What is your favourite food?

Meat soup, goulash soup, chicken with "Dijon mustard-brown sugar-whisky" sauce

6. What is your favourite sport / form of exercise?
Soccer

7. What is your favourite place in Hungary?

The vineyard behind my cellar in Mór with the beautyful overview

8. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?

Photographing

9. What’s a job you would definitely never want?

Zookeeper in a snake farm.

10. Where did you spend your last vacation?

Sailing in Croatia

11. Where do you hope to spend your next one?

Snowboarding in Italy

12. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?

Band: Queen, George Michael, Michael Jackson
Film: Sylvester Stallone films
Hobby: soccer, film shooting

13. What can’t you resist?

Good food

14. Red wine or white?

Periodically changing... this is a white period.

15. Book or movie?

Movie

16. Morning person or night person?

Night

17. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?

Poor people

18. Buda or Pest side?

Buda

19. Which achievement in your life are you most pleased about?

To start and run a new winery alone, not following an already running wine business

20. What would you say is your personal motto?

Live as "life is goood".