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Badacsony Wine growing Region

One of the most ancient wine growing regions in Hungary extending on roughly 1900 hectares on the northern coast of Lake Balaton. From Révfülöp to Szigliget, including the Tapolca basin, vine plantations of the basalt hills are part of this wine region. Vineyards here reach the forests half way up the hills. Of all the wine regions around Balaton the ratio of vinelands is the largest here: it reaches 46% of the whole area. The landscape still retains the aspect of a wine region. In addition to Badacsony, remaining vineyards of Szent-György-hill, Gulács, Tóti-hill, Csobánc, Sabar-hill, Őrsi-hill, Révfülöp, Balatonszepezd, Ábrahámhegy, Balatonrendes and Szigliget belong here. The huge mass of water makes its equalizing effect felt even here; the ckimate is free from excesses and humidity is higher than average. Summer often lasting as long as October creates ideal conditions for the ripening of grapes. There is a lot of sunshine and the rays refracted by the surface of the water greatly improve ripening conditions in the area. The volcanic base rock here is covered with a mixture of Pannonian sand and clay, which is compounded with basalt and basalt tuff. A particularity of the cone-frustum type basalt hills and mountains here is that wine is grown even on the northern slopes of the hills and parts of Badacsony Szent-György hill and Csobánc (as well as Somló, Haláp and Ság-hill still have vineyards all around. Another particularity of the landscape is that you find supporting walls built of basalt around plantations that locals call „bastions”. Characteristically, vineries can be found in Badacsony while the majority of vineyards are elsewhere: on the fields and foothills around the hill.

Varieties of wines/ grapes,

Primarily kinds of white grapes are grown, of which the most significant are: Olaszrizling, Szürkebarát (Pinot Gris), Tramini, Muscat Ottonel, Rajnai rizling and Chardonnay. Red grapes amount to about 8% of total growth and characteristic kinds include Zweigelt, Kékfrankos, and Blaue Portugieser

Sights

Catching sight of the double cone-frustum of Badacsony and the other circumerosion hills towering above the surface of water as you are approaching by boat is an exhilarating experience. Rows of wine-cellars carved in the hillside and press-houses lie in wait for lovers of good wines all the year round.

History

The area has been inhabited since the age of Celts and archeological excavations unearthed 2000-year-old Roman remains, which testify to early beginnings of viticulture int he region. Newer and newer settlers/conquerors brought by the tempests of history, fortunately, carried on the traditions of growing vine realising the unique opportunities provided by the terrain. In the 19th century Badacsony boasted with the best vermouth of its time and the region has a varietal that is not grown elswhere: Kéknyelű. After the devastations of Phylloxera a new type of tending was started, which has become a cultural emblem of the region. Unfortunately, the„bastions” of the past were largely destroyed during the time of large-estate industrial farming. Notwithstanding, the Badacsony State Farm of the communist era deserves our praise for the re-plantation of vine on its inherited estates: the best-situated slopes of Badacsony, Szent-György hill and Csobánc thus preserving the best vine-growing lands from being built up. In most recent years some have started to re-write the history of the hill and the region and efforts to re-build „bastions” can only be appreciated.



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