Bordeaux November Great Tasting – Cabernets and Merlots in Budapest

Hungarian and foreign wines made from the world-famous Bordeaux grape varieties: cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon and merlot await visitors to the Great Bordeaux Tasting, where the guests can taste more than 150 wines from sixty-four wineries on Saturday at the Corinthia Budapest Hotel.

Three key varieties of Bordeaux grapes, cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc, are grown on a total of 6,000 hectares in Hungary. This is more than a third of the total blue grape area in Hungary, which demonstrates the importance and popularity of these grape varieties on both the producer and consumer side – the Winelovers, teh organizer of the event told in a statement to MTI. (MTI)