Tokaj region wine tour

HIGHLIGHTS 

♦ Discovering Tokaj wine region, the part of UNESCO world heritage
♦ Gourmet wine dinner
♦ Vineyard walk with terroir products picnic
♦ Tasting with important winemakers of the region 
♦ Trying award winning wines
♦ Exploring the diversity of Furmint grape
♦ Experiencing the magic of volcanic soils
♦ Cellar labyrinth visit 
♦ Introduction to the Jewish historical heritage of the region
♦ 3 days / 2 nights
♦ Small group, personalized service 
♦ Wine a'More's wine tour guide

PROGRAMME

Day 1. | We depart at 8:00 a.m. from Budapest to the historic wine region of Tokaj. After a 3 hours' journey, we arrive at a tiny village for our first tasting They introduce us not only the Tokaj region and traditions, but explain the diversity of the volcanic soils and their importance. We start our journey to botrytised sweet wine world with some late harvest and Aszú wines. Cold lunch will be served there as well. In the afternoon we will head to the town Tokaj for a short sightseeing. We will have some free time and the possibility of tasting some single vineyard coffee blends at a coffee roasting manufacturer. We drive further to our accommodation. Dinner in the hotel. We drive further to Tarcal and chek-in at our hotel.  After some time for relaxation, we visit the amazing cellar of a winery. We taste their wines at the cellar and during dinner.   

Day 2. | We leave to a charming little village called Erdőbénye for our first experience at a family-run cooper manufacturer. The owner is going to tell us about the barrel making and toasting techniques. We drive further a bit to visit the region’s biggest winery and cellar, the one of the oldest and most spectacular cellars of the region. The winery itself is an architectual masterpiece combines modern gravitation winemaking technology with tradition. They grow vines in 100 hectares in 13 different vineyards with different soils and microclimates. . The wines mature in their fascinating, 4 km long wine cellar maze. Some parts of it were built as early as the 13th century. We are going to have lunch at a local restaurant with typical Hungarian courses. We head back to Mád in the afternoon to hunt treasures in the amazing  six hundred years’ old cellar labyrinth. Dinner will be served  in the most prestigious local gourmet restaurant of the region.

Day 3. | Bodrogkeresztúr is a tiny village on the shore of the Bodrog River. Our driver takes us to the Tokaji Wine Vinegar House. Having learnt about the procedure of vinegar making we will visit a small scale producer. There are several small cellars in the region making exceptional, unique wines. The winemaker-owner will guides our feet in the cellar and explains how hand-crafted wines of exceptional quality are made. After tasting and lunch we will travel back to Budapest. End of the program.