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Holiday Sweets: Sweet Thanksgiving Wine
Holiday Sweets: Sweet Thanksgiving Wine
“The Thanksgiving table just isn’t complete without delicious, sweet wine. Few holidays cry out for sweet wine more than Thanksgiving. The turkey itself almost demands an off-dry white with crisp, balancing acidity. When you get to the classic trio of pies (apple, pecan, and pumpkin), only an intensely sweet wine will do—particularly if you subscribe to the theory that a dessert wine should always be sweeter than the dish it accompanies. “Tokaji is the granddaddy of all sweet wines. It was around before Sauternes and also predates the modern form of Port. The Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region straddles northeastern Hungary and...
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Top 100 Wineries of 2015: Royal Tokaji
Top 100 Wineries of 2015: Royal Tokaji
“Since Hugh Johnson and his team swept into Tokaj after the fall of the Berlin Wall, they've not just restored the region's famous sweet wines to their former stature, but also created new possibilities for the region's varied vineyardswines that could become classics in their own right. “Old Grape, New Personality: Furmint has long been king of the vineyard in Tokaj, the basis for the region's late-picked aszú wine. But not all vineyards in Tokaj are suited to sweet wine production; in the past dry furmint was an acquired taste, fiery in alcohol and acidity and oxidized to boot. Royal...
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Three Faces of Furmint: there’s more to this grape than meets the eye
Three Faces of Furmint: there’s more to this grape than meets the eye
“Nobody quite knows where the Furmint grape originated. A white varietal, it is cultivated today under various names in eastern parts of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire—especially in Hungary near the town of Tokaj, about 120 miles northeast of Budapest (almost to Slovakia and Ukraine). But it is not native to Austro-Hungary. DNA sleuths say Furmint is closely related to a grape known as Gouais blanc, which is found in France and is one of the parents of Chardonnay. “According to grape geneticist Carole Meredith: ‘Furmint is either a parent or offspring of Gouais blanc. There is not yet any definitive...
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The tasting of a lifetime: The great first growths of Royal Tokaji
The tasting of a lifetime: The great first growths of Royal Tokaji
"In the wine industry, there are many once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Tasting a wine for the first time, pulling an old vintage out of the cellar, sitting with winemakers and tasting their wines, every wine experience is unique in its own way. But, from time to time a tasting takes place that takes once in a lifetime to a new level. At Pebble Beach Food and Wine in April, a tasting took place that really was the tasting of a lifetime. Since Royal Tokaji started in 1990, they have produced only 10 vintages, made only in exceptional years. Our tasting of a...
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26th Annual Restaurant Poll – Most Popular Port & Dessert Bottlings
26th Annual Restaurant Poll – Most Popular Port & Dessert Bottlings
Royal Tokaji ranks number 10 on the list of most popular Port and Dessert Bottlings in Wine & Spirits Magazine's 26th Annual Restaurant Poll. The poll gives insight on wine trends and includes the hottest wines in America's most popular restaurants.
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26th Annual Restaurant Poll – Most Popular Port & Dessert Brands
26th Annual Restaurant Poll – Most Popular Port & Dessert Brands
Royal Tokaji ranks number 6 on the list of most popular Port and Dessert Brands in Wine & Spirits Magazine's 26th Annual Restaurant Poll. The poll gives insight on wine trends and includes the hottest wines in America's most popular restaurants.
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The World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2015
The World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2015
“The 50 wine brands featured have all made an appearance in the five lists prior to this one. Royal Tokaji Wine Company came in at number 31 in the top 50. “’It’s a funny one,’ Charlie Mount, Royal Tokaji marketing director says. ‘For a small producer like us, I like to think we are relatively peasant. The fact is, if my team and I could sit down with every potential consumer in the world then we would, but we can’t. Brands help people pick wine off the shelf.’ “Royal Tokaji has a complex history, but it hasn't been smooth sailing...
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Wine and Chocolate Pairings for Valentine’s Day
Wine and Chocolate Pairings for Valentine’s Day
"With the arrival of February comes a question as inevitable as long-stem roses, come-hither lingerie and ridiculously bad Valentine’s Day restaurant deals: What wine goes best with chocolate? "...While fortified wines in general may be the best choices for chocolate, I did find one sensational option among unfortified sweet wines: Tokaji Aszu from Hungary. These wines, made with grapes that have been inflicted with botrytis, the famous noble rot, are both fiercely sweet and wonderfully acidic, with flavors of orange and apricot that meld gorgeously with chocolate. "I tried a 2003 5 Puttonyos from Royal Tokaji, which had turned a...
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Wine & Spirits Top 100 Wineries of the Year
Wine & Spirits Top 100 Wineries of the Year
"When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, wine-writer Hugh Johnson fulfilled a dream he'd long had: to help restore Tokaj's wine industry to its former glory. He assembled a team of investors and launched Royal Tokaji Wine Company in 1990, the first foreign-owned wine company in the region. "They set out to revive the vineyards, which, under Communism, had been farmed for quantity more than quality. Using the classification maps created in the 1700s as a guide, the team bought a parcel of the Mezes Maly vineyard, a loess slope southeast of Mad that was classified as a great...
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Botrytized Whites
Botrytized Whites
"Mold is a major enemy of wine. The wrong weather conditions can cause mold to destroy entire harvests. Vintners will do everything they can to prevent the spread of rot in their vineyards prior to picking grapes. Unless they plan to make a special kind of dessert wine. "Hungary has its own distinctive entry in this category. The wines of Tokaji rely primarily on the Furmint and Harslevel grapes. As the grapes are infected by bortytis, sometimes late into December, they are individually picked. Called Aszu, these berries are then crushed into a paste. A specific measurement of this paste,...
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