Catalogue of Producers 2018 January / August Visit Our Full Wine Portfolio: Catalogue of Producers 2018
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Catalogue of Producers 2018 January / August Visit our full wine portfolio: Cataloguewww.winehungary.co.uk/portfolio of Producers 2018 Visit our full wine portfolio 1 www.winehungary.co.uk/portfolio WELCOME The Wines of Hungary UK project brings great value wines into the UK with an emphasis on quality. Launched in 2014, Wines of Hungary UK, is the key project of Wine Communications, a London based wine marketing and communications agency. We represent a group of established Hungarian winemakers with ambitions to introduce their wines to the UK market and help them in building sales. Wine Communications works on both business to business and business to consumer level. We work with wine makers and assist them through each steps of the distribution channel, either with market entry strategy into the UK market to lead generation, or driving volumes with sales support communication and promotional activities. Hungarian wines have been going from strength to strength in the UK over the last few years. According to the WSTA Annual Wine Report 2017, Hungarian wines were amongst the top 10 importers of both white and red wines to the UK in 2016, bringing in 69,498 and 35, 229 hectolitres respectively. Our aim is to build on this momentum with events like today, providing education and expertise from within the industry. The consumer demand for volcanic soils allow lovely Hungarian wines is significant. minerality, which makes them Importers are adding to particularly food friendly. This their lists and we are seeing had been helped by the more Hungarian wines in outstanding vintage that Michelin Starred and fine Hungary had in 2016, 2017, dining restaurants in London and 2018 is looking promising than ever before The wines so it’s a great opportunity to are high quality and Hungary’s join us and try the wines. Lilla O’Connor & Zsuzsa Toronyi Wines of Hungary UK / Wine Communications TABLE OF CONTENT LOOKING FOR IMPORTERS Balla Géza 3 Bock Winery 4 Gere Winery 5 Heimann Winery 6 Ostorosbor 8 Pfneiszl Winery 10 Sanzon Tokaj 12 Tornai Winery 13 Kolonics Winery 14 Nagygombos Winery 15 FOR TRADE Barta Winery 17 Kovacs Nimrod Winery 18 St. Andrea Winery 19 Zsirai Winery 20 LOOKING FOR IMPORTERS BALLA GEZA / MÉNES UK Focus: Looking for importers About the winery: Exciting indegenious varietals ideally suited for the indepenedent sector and on trade. A Hungarian grower based just inside the Romanian border, Balla was the among the first wine- makers in Romania who put real emphasis on high quality. His wines are well reviewed by influential industry figures, such as Jancis Robinson MW, Caroline Gilby MW and Elizabeth Gabay MW to name just a few. Balla Geza produces wines from indigenous grapes which grow on rocks as well as more traditional terroir. Planted varieties: Furmint, Cabernet Franc, Kadarka and undiscovered Romanian indigenous grapes such as Feteasca Neagra, are all staples of this outstanding producer. WINE NAME VINTAGES EX CELLAR QUANTITIES VARIETAL Cabernet Franc 2016 €5.00 20.000 Cabernet Franc Cadarca Stonewine 2016 €8.00 10.000 Cadarca Feteasca Neagra 2016 €10.00 20.000 Feteasca Neagra Stone Wine Cadarca 2017 €4.00 60.000 Cadarca Feteasca Neagra 2017 €4.00 60.000 Feteasca Neagra Rosé Cuvée 2018 €3.00 15.000 Feteasca Neagra & Cadarca Feteasca Regala 2018 €3.00 5.000 Feteasca Regala Mustoasa de Maderat 2017 €2.50 10.000 Mustoasa de Maderat 3 www.ballageza.com BOCK WINERY / VILLÁNY UK Focus: Looking for importers About the winery: The estates are situated int he south of Hungary, in the Villány wine region. At present we cultivate 80 hectares of our own and another 70 hectares of integrated land. Based in Villany, Bock winery is one of Hungary’s leading producers with a long and remarkable history of winemaking. Bock winery in Villany has established itself as one of the pioneering producers in the new wave of private wineries in Hungary. The vineyards are in the best locations of the Villány wine region (Ördögárok, Jammertál, Makár, Fekete-hegy, Bocor, Kopár-dűlő), where for the most part red grape types are grown. Planted Varietals: Cserszegi Fűszeres, Muscat Ottonel, Sauvignon Blanc, Hárslevelű, Olaszrizling, Rhine Riesling, Chardonnay. Kékfrankos, Portugieser, Kadarka, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot. WINE NAME VINTAGES EX CELLAR QUANTITIES VARIETAL Hárslevelű 2017 €4.00 5.000 Hárslevelű Rose none €4.00 5.000 Cabernet Franc 2015 €6.50 50.000 Cabernet Franc Royal Cuvée 2013 €9.50 5.000 Merlot, Pinot Noir, Cab. Sauvignon, Cab. Bock Cuvée 2013 €16.70 5.000 Franc, Cab. Sauvignon, Cab. Franc, Merlot Syrah 2016 €16.70 1.000 Syrah Capella Cuvée 2007 €55.00 500 Cabernet Franc, Cabenet Sauvignon, Merlot Kadarka 2017 €6.50 500 Kadarka Kadarka siller 2017 €4.00 5.000 Kadarka RedY 2017 €5.00 5000 Portugieser, Kékfrankos, Pinot Noir, www.bock.hu 4 GERE WINERY / VILLÁNY UK Focus: Looking for importers. About the winery: Attila Gere gave up his original profession in 1991 to establish the Gere family enterprise one of the best known wineries in Hungary today. The wines of the family winery are distributed under the name GERE. The Basic Wines range is made up of the lighter, fruitier wines in our portfolio. The labels in this range are colorful and youthful. A step higher in the product range we offer the more serious Estate Wines sporting elegant, black and white labels. The 3 Top Wines (Kopar, Solus, Attila) at the top of the sortiment are adorned with unique labels as befits their individual personalities. Ideally suited to the independent sector and on-trade. In brief: From a small vineyard given as wedding gift in the 1970’s to a thriving 30 hectare vineyard today, this legendary producer has created a successful and highly respected wine business, one that any UK importer would be proud to represent. WINE NAME VINTAGES EX CELLAR QUANTITIES VARIETAL Attila 2009 €45.00 5.000 Cab. Franc, Merlot, Cab. Sauvignon Fekete Járdovány 2016 €10.00 Limited Edition Fekete Járdovány Syrah 2016 €10.00 500 Syrah - ORGANIC Olaszrizling 2017 €2.70 12.000 Olaszrizling Kopar Cuvée 2015 €15.50 17.000 Cab. franc, merlot, Cab. sauvignon Portugieser 2017 €2.80 40.000 Portugieser Athus 2015 €4.00 5.000 Kékfrankos, Cab. Sauvignon, Portugieser Villanyi Franc - 2016 €13.00 2.000 Cabernet Franc CSILLAGVÖLGY Cserszegi Fűszeres 2017 €2.20 3.000 Cserszegi Fűszeres Fruska 2015 €3.00 3.000 Merlot, Cab. franc, Cab. sauvignon 5 www.gere.hu HEIMANN WINERY / SZEKSZÁRD Characteristics of Szekszárd. Shown through our taste. UK Focus: On-trade, independent. Heimann Kadarka 2017 is available at The Wine Society. About the winery: the story of the Swabians: After the end of the Ottoman occupation of Hungary in the 18th century Swabian farmers were encouraged by royal incentives to settle down in the de- populated regions. They brought along their advanced wine producing culture and entrepreneurial, hard-working spirit. They planted vine on the abandoned hillsides and revitalized trade. The Heimanns belonged to the “lower street Swabians” in Szekszárd and were one of the enterprising and hard-work- ing farmer families. The Szekszárd appellation covers the easternmost stretches of the Transdanubian Hills. The thick loess soil of the slopes produces round wines with elegant, fruity aromas. The Mediterranean influence makes the autumns warm and sunny enabling us to harvest at optimal ripeness. The family believes that the future of our estate lies with local varieties, their commitment is reflected in the structure of their new plantings, viticultural experiments and wines are farmed on an organic way. Ferenc Heimann on returning from the war, handed over the management of the family estate to his son, who was instrumental in the implementation of the first large scale cordon-trained vine plantings, the establishment of the local cooperative for vine crofts and also the founding of the local winery Aliscavin. Zoltán) and his wife, Ágnes have left their respective careers as successful economists to return to viticulture and winemaking. Since 1990 they have reorganised the family estate. www.heimann.hu 6 Zoltán Jr. studied viticulture and enology in Geisenheim, Montpellier, Bordeaux and Udine. After 6 years of studies, he is now taking over the control over viticulture and winemaking responsibilities. The wine region of Szekszárd, known mostly for its famous Kadarka red wine, has been noted for its wine culture since Roman times and became one of the main centres of Hungarian red wine production in the 15th century. As the climate of the sunny wine region is rather balanced, excellent red grapes can grow on the mostly loess lands. Szekszárd reds are known for their velvety texture, and often show a lot of elegance. Szekszárd, along with Eger, is also one of the two regions that produce the famous Hungarian Bikavér. WINE NAME VINTAGES EX CELLAR QUANTITIES VARIETAL Kadarka 2017 €5.00 2.000 100% Kadarka Alte Reben Kékfrankos 2015 €7.30 400 100% Kékfrankos Céh Kereszt Kadarka 2017 €6.90 600 100% Kadarka Bikavér 2015 €7.50 3.000 Kékfrankos 50%, Merlot 19%, Cab. Franc 19%, Sagrantino 6%, Kadarka 6% SXRD 2016 €3.80 10.000 Cab. Franc 48,6%, Merlot 26,3%, Kékfrankos 21,9%, Sagrantino 3,3% Birtokbor 2015 €6.25 3.000 Cab. Franc 42%, Merlot 38%, Kékfrankos 7%, Syrah 11% Barbár 2015 €13.50 800 Merlot 37%, Cab. Franc 25%, Tannat 25%, Kékfrankos 12% Barbár 2016 €14.40 1.000 Merlot 37%, Cab. Franc 25%, Tannat 25%, Kékfrankos 12% MammaRóza 2018 €3.40 3.000 Kékfrankos, Merlot, Pinot Noir 7 www.heimann.hu OSTOROSBOR WINERY / EGER UK focus: On trade, off trade, Ostoros wines are successfully placed with The Wine Society. Looking for an importer, suitable for on- and off-trade.