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Drought-stricken vintage: smaller quantity, but outstanding quality in winemaking
The 2023 wine season was extremely special in Hungary, defined by drought and hot, sunny summer months. According to winemakers, this year’s harvest yielded a smaller quantity, but it can...
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We have the winery of the year in 2024
The Gere Attila Family Winery won the Winery of the Year award from the Hungarian Wine Academy, the National Council of Mountain Communities, and the Association of Hungarian Vine and...
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With innovation for a sustainable future in the Hungarian wine industry
It is of the utmost importance for the wine industry to adapt to changes and continuously develop its technological tools – said Dr. Márton Nobilis, State Secretary of the Ministry...
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MBA lifetime achievement award
József Bock has been awarded the Hungarian Wine Academy’s (MBA) 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. At the award ceremony Minister of Agriculture István Nagy thanked the famous winemaker from Villány for...
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Tokaj wineries: a wide spectrum in financial performance
The wines of the Tokaj wine region are famous worldwide, but the financial performance of the region’s wineries shows a very mixed picture. While some wineries achieved good results even...
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The Hungarian wine industry is facing a decisive period
This year’s extreme weather presented Hungarian wineries with serious challenges, having different effects on individual wine regions. While in Szekszárd they are hoping for rain at the end of August...
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The cooperation of winemakers is key in the future
The Somló wine region is an important symbol of Hungarian history and culture, which has preserved its values despite the difficulties of the last century. And today we can once...
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Hungarian winemakers are worried
The extreme heat wave of 2023 posed serious challenges to Hungarian winemakers, which meant that in certain areas of the country, the harvest had to start already at the beginning...
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MBH AgrárTrend Index: Hungarian agriculture is at a height not seen for a long time
A slightly slower than expected, but definite positive turn is visible in the Hungarian food industry The favorable assessment of the situation of the actors of the Hungarian food industry...
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An extremely early grape harvest is expected this year
According to Máté Varga, the vice-chairman responsible for interprofessional affairs of the National Council of Mountain Villages (HNT), the grape harvest in Hungary can begin at the end of July...
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They started to harvest the grapes in Mecsekalja
One month earlier than usual – with the picking of the new, resistant varieties, the Jazmin variety – the harvest began on the almost forty-hectare vineyard of the University of...
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The laboratory of Nébih performs the oenological tests stably
The Nébih laboratory carries out the oenological tests with the usual efficiency and deadlines. In order to serve the sector even more efficiently, the office acquires a new large-scale instrument...
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EPR and DRS pose challenges for the Hungarian wine industry
The newly introduced Extended Producer Responsibility System (EPR) and the Mandatory Redemption System (DRS) represent a significant challenge for Hungarian winemakers, which impose both administrative and budgetary burdens on the...
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Decade-long partnership with Hungarian wineries
Promoting Hungarian products and export increasing activities have always been important for Lidl Magyarország. The chain decided back in 2014 to give priority to popularising excellent Hungarian bottled wines as...
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Challenges in the Hungarian Wine Industry: An In-Depth Analysis of the 2023 Fiscal Year
The Hungarian wine industry, facing years of declining sales, increased administrative burdens, and rising costs, has been unable to implement price increases effectively. As of the May 31 deadline for...
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The government stands by the grape growers and the winemakers
There are enough challenges in the grape and wine sector, but the Hungarian government stands by the producers and the winemakers, as it has so far and will continue to...
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Tamás Sulyok: quality wines would not be produced without excellent winemakers
Without excellent winemakers, high-quality wines would not be produced from the most ancient grape varieties and from the most favorable vintages – stressed the President of the Republic Tamás Sulyok...
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Artificial intelligence in winemaking: new technology is changing the way wine is made
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing American winemaking, enabling remote monitoring of vineyards and optimization of the winemaking process. Although critics argue that this technology takes away the human nature of winemaking,...
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Free “dating” for bees and flowers has also started in Vienna
After Lower and Upper Austria, the free “dating” service for bees and flowers has also been launched in Vienna: gardeners, winegrowers and other landowners can announce where they are waiting...
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The processing selling price of wines has increased
According to AKI PÁIR data, the sales price of domestically produced and domestically sold wines without a geographical indication, as well as wines with a protected geographical indication, rose by...
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Low environmental impact technologies are necessary for wine production
The Ministry of Agriculture is committed to ensuring that grape growing in our country has as little environmental impact as possible and that we produce our wines as energy-efficiently as...
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The digital nutrition labeling system for wine products will be launched in April
The National Council of Mountain Communities (HNT) in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) will launch a digital nutrition labeling system for...
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Small winery, big successes
Váli Estate, Péter Váli’s winery in Badacsonyörs does organic production on almost 10 hectares and has had an outstanding year, both in Hungary and abroad. This article is available for...
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A Geo Terroir research group was established at the University of Szeged
The Geo Terroir research group, which helps the development of domestic agriculture, food industry and tourism, was established at the University of Szeged with the cooperation of experts from several...
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Fruits can be very expensive because of the early spring
According to the Pénzcentrum article, the early spring and unusually mild weather are causing concern among fruit growers and wineries. According to meteorological data, heat records were broken in Hungary...
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Átadási árak, polci árak
A borok a pandémia, majd az azt követő inflációs válság miatti polciár-növekedése a fogyasztó vásárlóerejének csökkenését eredményezte – hangsúlyozta novemberi közleményében a Hegyközségek Nemzeti Tanácsa (HNT) –, amire a kereskedelmi...
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New opportunities will open up for the wine sector in 2024
The grape and wine sector is a significant technological and knowledge-intensive sector, where the winner is the one who sees the new direction of adaptation faster and uses the available...
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Hungarian winemakers are worried
The sassy weather of recent years, the low purchase prices, the increase in production costs, and the declining consumption together make the situation of domestic grape growers and wineries difficult....
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National Council of Mountain Villages: raising the transfer prices of wines is essential
According to the National Council of Mountain Communities (HNT), it is essential to increase the transfer price of wines, without which the sector could be in a critical situation by...
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Hungarian winemakers can count on government support in the future as well
Zsolt Feldman, State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture (AM) responsible for agriculture and rural development, gave a presentation on the state of the grape and wine industry, the new...
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