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WINE OF THE WEEK: Tűzkö Kékfrankos 2022, Tolna, Pannon, Hungary
It's fitting that one of the signature aromas of Kékfrankos, Hungary’s most widely planted red grape, is paprika, the country’s national spice. To me, it often leans more towards pimentón, Spain’s smoked variety, as it does in Tűzkö Kékfrankos 2022, but either way it’s delicious and wholly characteristic.
The other key notes are ripe red cherries, softly earthy, spicy oak and freshness
Aug 27


A Right Royal Flush: Royal Tokaji and the Power of Six
In 2018 Royal Tokaji made top-tier 6 puttonyos Aszú wines in all five of its classed growth vineyards for the first time since 2008
Feb 5, 2025


WINE OF THE WEEK: Royal Tokaji Nyulászó Dry Furmint 2018, Tokaj, Hungary
£18, The Wine Society If ever there was a wine that shouted terroir, it's this single-vineyard dry white Furmint from Nyulászó, one of...
Sep 22, 2022


Rare, Unbearably Expensive and Unlike Anything Else: Royal Tokaji Essencia 2009
A five-centilitre sample may sound miserly but, when we’re talking about Tokaji Essencia, it’s lavish. To make the wine in this miniature...
Aug 23, 2022


WINE OF THE WEEK: Barta Egy Kis Furmint 2017, Tokaji, Hungary
£13.75–£13.95, The Daily Drinker and Corney & Barrow I chose a dry Furmint as my Wine of the Week in November and make no apologies for...
Feb 7, 2019


WINE OF THE WEEK: Barta Öreg Király-dulo Dry Furmint 2015, Mád, Tokaj, Hungary
£23.50, Corney & Barrow Don't be put off by the the thought of having to pronounce the name. This is a wonderful dry white, full of...
Nov 22, 2018


The Year they Tried to Erase: 1956 Tokaji
Two bottles of rare, museum collection Tokaji Aszú were opened in London last week. I was one of a handful of tasters Revolutionary...
Mar 7, 2017
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