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Phytoplasma and market changes are the most pressing challenges in winemaking, according to experts
Date: 2025-09-15 10:40:20
In Hungary, too, the spread of phytoplasma plant disease and changing market demands are the most urgent challenges facing the wine industry – experts stressed at a press conference held...
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The strategy of the Hungarian Wine Marketing Agency places special emphasis on strengthening foreign markets
Date: 2025-09-10 11:30:50
The strategy of the Hungarian Wine Marketing Agency (MBÜ) places special emphasis on strengthening foreign markets, increasing Hungarian wine exports, and promoting responsible wine consumption. Last year, Hungarian wine exports...
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Hungarian wine composed by artificial intelligence wins one of the world’s most prestigious competitions
Date: 2025-09-10 10:25:58
Hungarian winemaking has achieved a historic success: Kancellár Birtok’s SomlAI Cuvée 2021 from the Somló wine region won the International White Wine Revelation award at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles...
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Climate change is redrawing the wine map of our country
Date: 2025-09-10 10:17:41
The Eger wine region was long known for grape varieties adapted to cooler climates, most notably Egri Bikavér and its white wines. However, climate change has fundamentally reshaped the region’s...
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One hundred and thirty small and large wineries produce sparkling wine in Hungary today.
Date: 2025-09-05 11:08:00
More and more wineries, a total of one hundred and thirty small and large wineries, are producing sparkling wine in Hungary today, the State Secretary for Agriculture of the Ministry...
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World-leading white wine from Somló at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles wine competition
Date: 2025-09-04 11:20:56
Kancellár SomlAI Cuvée 2021, blended by Artificial Intelligence /AI/, won the International White Wine Revelation (highest scoring white wine of the competition) award as the absolute winner. The 32nd Concours...
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Hungary’s Most Beautiful Vineyards Announced
Date: 2025-08-29 10:09:03
On August 25, at the MATE Budai Campus, Bor és Piac professional magazine announced the winners of the Hungary’s Most Beautiful Vineyard 2025 competition. The event, held for the 14th...
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New Level Empire and Fish! will also perform at this weekend’s Balatonfüred Wine Weeks
Date: 2025-08-28 10:00:35
New Level Empire and Fish! will perform, among others, at the Balatonfüred Wine Weeks event series on the last weekend of summer. Between August 29 and 31, the wine days...
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French winemakers worried about US tariffs
Date: 2025-08-25 10:31:55
The newly announced EU-US trade deal, which excludes wines and spirits from US import duties, has sparked serious concerns in France. This means that French exporters will have to pay...
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Rossmann launches wine in paper bottle
Date: 2025-08-25 09:35:35
Rossmann has become the first major retailer in Germany to introduce a Weißburgunder (pinot blanc) wine in an innovative paper bottle, marking a bold step toward sustainability. The new packaging...
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The harvest in Szekszárd started early: Irsai is already in the cellar, the rosé base is coming
Date: 2025-08-19 10:43:50
The harvest in the Szekszárd wine region started earlier this year, at the beginning of August: due to the persistent heat, producers are forced to pick early varieties ahead of...
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“The measure is yours!” an open letter for responsible wine consumption
Date: 2025-08-13 11:43:40
The Hungarian Wine Marketing Agency has published an open letter aiming to place the public perception of wine consumption on a new footing. The initiative has been endorsed by several...
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A large Polish company has acquired the largest Moldovan wine exporter
Date: 2025-07-30 10:38:15
Polish Maspex has acquired the largest Moldovan wine exporter, Purcari Wineries, economedia.ro reported, based on data from the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) and brokerage platforms. Maspex, through its Romanian subsidiary,...
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Wine from Italy can also be delivered by plane
Date: 2025-07-25 10:27:43
Travel just got easier at several Italian airports. According to a report by ANSA, new regulations have come into effect at terminals equipped with next-generation scanners. The changes include three...
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Every sip is a new chapter – the BB wine and champagne family is completely renewed and takes the next level
Date: 2025-07-21 11:36:06
By analyzing and rethinking every stage of winemaking, the Balatonboglár-based winery is offering wine lovers a range of BB wines and sparkling wines that reflect the latest trends. With their...
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Historic decision: European Commission approves first sustainable price agreement in the wine sector
Date: 2025-07-16 11:55:29
The European Commission has taken its first official position on the competition law assessment of a sustainability agreement in the agricultural sector. The positive opinion concerns a target price agreement...
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Golden yellow grape disease is spreading: the serious disease has already reached the Somló wine region
Date: 2025-07-14 10:54:32
Based on recent laboratory tests by the National Food Chain Safety Authority (Nébih), the pathogen of grape golden yellows has now been identified in the Somló wine region. This means...
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Wine whisperer or scientist? Or what does a Master of Wine know?
Date: 2025-07-10 11:27:37
The profession of Master of Wine (MW) is surrounded by a thousand myths – for example, they say about the Jedi Knights of wine, that their opinion can cause the...
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A watershed year in viticulture: this is how winemakers are fighting the drought
Date: 2025-07-10 10:48:05
The lack of precipitation is now critical for vineyards in the post-flowering stage: where there is no rain, producers can expect severe crop losses and capital destruction. The year 2025...
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What can cause the price of a wine to increase tenfold?
Date: 2025-07-04 12:02:34
There are fewer of them worldwide than the number of people who have been in space, their number is much more modest than that of Nobel laureates, and there is...
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Alcohol-free novelty in the Balaton wine world
Date: 2025-07-04 11:29:06
Laposa Birtok has reached a new milestone: it has introduced its first alcohol-free wine, Laposa Vitorlás Alcohol-Free Italian Riesling, which offers conscious consumers an uncompromising wine experience. The wine presentation...
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Szürkebarát Duel in Badacsonytördemic
Date: 2025-07-01 11:29:31
A truly unique wine event of national significance is coming to the Badacsony wine region: Hungary’s largest Szürkebarát tasting, titled “Szürkebarát Duel,” will debut this year, organized by the Badacsony...
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Imre Hubai: Hungarian wine is an unparalleled national treasure
Date: 2025-06-26 11:59:35
Hungarian wine is a unique national treasure that the entire country can be proud of, said the State Secretary for Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) at the award...
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Members of this secret society decide fates
Date: 2025-06-24 11:33:08
There are fewer of them worldwide than the number of people who have been in space, and their number is much more modest than that of Nobel laureates. Their qualification...
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Historic success: gold medal for Zelna Winery at the world’s most prestigious wine competition
Date: 2025-06-20 10:45:08
The Balaton red wine has achieved unprecedented recognition in the international wine world: the Peregrina wine of Zelna Borászat from Balatonfüred won a gold medal with 95 points at the...
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Ferenc Vesztergombi received the Hungarian Wine Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award this year
Date: 2025-06-19 11:28:57
Grapes and wine not only provide a livelihood for hundreds of thousands of people, but also build communities, create relationships and preserve traditions – said István Nagy, Minister of Agriculture,...
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Are you campaigning against wine while representing the wine industry? György Wáberer’s challenge caused a scandal
Date: 2025-06-18 10:24:58
A video posted on social media by György Wáberer, in which he encourages his followers to go alcohol-free, has caused considerable outrage among Hungarian winemakers. The campaign, which draws attention...
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Last year, 1.7 million hectoliters of wine were consumed in Hungary
Date: 2025-06-16 11:19:22
Last year, a total of 1.7 million hectoliters of wine were consumed in Hungary, an average of 17.1 liters per capita, said Péter Gál, Head of Department at the Ministry...
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Nébih: the examination of wine measurement units in the Tokaj wine region yielded reassuring results
Date: 2025-06-16 11:03:08
Despite some irregularities – such as incomplete management of the product accompanying document and untraceable, incorrectly labeled products – the inspection of wine measurement units in the Tokaj wine region...
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Winemaker says it’s not enough to make good wine – you also need to provide an experience
Date: 2025-06-09 11:34:54
The winemaking profession has long been about passion, tradition and artisanal values – but today it is increasingly defined by survival, creativity and market-oriented thinking. Domestic wine consumption is decreasing...
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