The second installment of my (drunken) Tokaj Furmint adventures is now available, embedded below for your viewing edu-tainment! In this week’s video, you’ll meet the affable (and very, very tall) Gergely Makai, winemaker at the famed Tokaj-Hétszőlő. In this episode, Gergely and I manage to combine modern winemaking, Jedi Knight mind tricks, one of the…
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Furmint Adventures, Part One: Balassa Winery
The first official episode of my Hungarian Furmint jaunt has finally been released! In the inaugural vid, I get down in the dirt – literally – with István Balassa, the man behind Balassa Winery in Tokaji. We talk about his stones – also literally – and their effect of those various interesting soil types on…
Furmint Spotlight Series 1: Introducing FurmintUSA
During the second round of my Furmint Adventures travels, I had the pleasure of dining at Barta Pince, which some of you might recall have been involved in salvaging the historic Öreg Király Vineyard in Tokaj. During dinner, our traveling group had a bit of an impromptu video recording session with one of the leaders…
Back To The Future, And The Furmint Paradox (Thoughts On The Potential Of Dry Furmint)
As you’ll see from the vid published earlier this week’s, I recently had the pleasure of going back to Hungary, primarily to engage in Phase 2 of the FurmintUSA promotional program, filming a new set of videos for the Furmint Adventures series. That’s always fun, because the wines are largely excellent, the scenery settings beautiful,…