Le Bouchon Hungarian wine list special offers
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Le Bouchon Vinothek offers the largest selection of selected Hungarian wines in Switzerland. Quality is our guiding principle in the composition of our wine offer, and we present both the characteristic classic and Hungarian wines. In our webshop you can buy exclusive Hungarian wines online easily and comfortably. Discover and enjoy top wines from the best wine regions of Hungary.
A hundred years ago Hungary was one of the most important wine producers in Europe, and Hungarian wine was the epitome of the highest quality. Every royal court in Europe sounded with glasses filled with Tokaji Aszú, while other sumptuous Hungarian white wines and red wines were enjoyed all over Europe. Many important personalities have been enchanted by Tokaji Aszu, Goethe called the Tokaji in "Faust" "a miracle of nature". With 22 wine regions where hundreds of grape varieties are grown, the country offers a variety of great wines to discover. The fresh wines of Eger, the liquid gold of Tokaj, the lush reds of Villány, the volcanic whites of Badacsony and the mineral whites of Somló: they are bold, spicy and authentic. Opening a bottle of Hungarian wine is like revealing a great historical secret. Hungarian wines are as unique as the wine-growing regions where the grapes ripen.
Hungary lies between 46 and 49 degrees of latitude (continental climate with hot summers, cold winters, and about 2,200 hours of sunshine per year), which is actually the same latitude as many of France's top wine regions from the northern Rhone to Champagne. Hungary's rolling hills are rich in volcanic and limestone soils, ideal for making fine wines. Although white wines account for almost two thirds of Hungarian wine production, Hungarian red wines have become very popular thanks to their high quality on an international level.
Almost every word for wine in the various languages is derived from the Latin word vinum. There are only three languages whose word for wine is not derived from it: Greek, Turkish and Hungarian (bor). This could indicate an early Hungarian connection to viticulture, which has nothing to do with the Romans, and feeds the strong suspicion that Hungarian wine culture precedes most other wine cultures in Europe.
