Hungary

Question 1

What two rivers join in Tokaj?

Answer 1

Tisza and Bodrog

Question 2

What was the previous name of Tokaj?

Answer 2

Tokaj-Hegyalja (Heg-yoi-yuh) (Tokaj Foothills)

Question 3

What are Aszú grapes?

Answer 3

Originally desiccated grapes; now refers to grapes of high sugar content affected by botrytis cinerea.

Question 4

Who owns Tokaj Oremus?

Answer 4

Vega Sicilia

Question 5

What mountain range shelters Tokaj?

Answer 5

The Carpathian Mountains

Question 6

What are the two Great First Growths of Tokaj, and where are they?

Answer 6

Szarvas and Mézes Mály, both within the borders of Tarcal

Question 7

What are the authorized varieties of Tokaji?

Answer 7

Furmint, Hárslevelu

Kabar, Kövérszölö (kuh-ver-suh-luh), Sárgamuskotály (shar-guh-mush-go-tai), Zéta

Question 8

Sárgamuskotály is a synonym for what?

Answer 8

Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains

Question 9

How large is a puttony?

Answer 9

25kg

Question 10

What is free-run aszú juice used for?

Answer 10

Esszencia

Question 11

How large is a gönc (gunce)?

Answer 11

136L

Question 12

What does száraz indicate?

Answer 12

Dry

Question 13

What does édes indicate?

Answer 13

Sweet

Question 14

What is Szamorodni? Is it dry or sweet?

Answer 14

As it comes - a mixture of aszú and non-aszú grapes, matured in cask for at least two years, sometimes under a yeast voile.
May be száraz or édes.

Question 15

What is Forditás? Száraz or Édes?

Answer 15

Wine refermented with pressed Tokaji pomace; may be dry or sweet.

Question 16

What is Máslás? Száraz or Édes?

Answer 16

Wine refermented with spent Tokaji lees; may be dry or sweet.

Question 17

Száraz wines in Tokaji may not have more than how much residual sugar?

Question 18

What is Késöl Szüretelésü Bor?

Answer 18

Late Harvest Wine

Question 19

What are Pezsgö?

Answer 19

Sparkling Wines

Question 20

What is the minimum residual sugar for Édes Szamorodni, Forditás, and Máslás?

Answer 20

> 45 g/L

Question 21

What is the minimum residual sugar for Aszú 3 puttonyos?

Answer 21

60 g/L RS

Question 22

What is the minimum residual sugar for Aszú 4 puttonyos?

Answer 22

90 g/L RS

Question 23

What is the minimum residual sugar for Aszú 5 puttonyos?

Answer 23

120 g/L RS

Question 24

What is the minimum residual sugar for Aszú 6 puttonyos

Answer 24

150 g/L RS

Question 25

What is the minimum residual sugar for Aszúeszencia (7-9 puttonyos)?

Answer 25

180 g/L RS

Question 26

What is the minimum residual sugar for Esszencia/Natúresszencia?

Answer 26

450 g/L RS

Question 27

Which categories of Tokaji have been abolished or discontinued?

Answer 27

3 and 4 puttonyos were abolished in March 2014; Tokaji Aszú now has a minimum RS requirement of 120g/L. In the same legislation, Aszúeszencia was discontinued as well. As of the 2014 amendment, puttonyos are no longer a technical measurement; wines are either Aszú or Essencia based on RS. Puttonyos is still allowed on labels as a traditional term.

Question 28

What is the Circle of Mád?

Answer 28

A group of producers dedicated to elevating dry wines in Tokaj.

Question 29

What is the minimum aging for Forditás and Máslás?

Answer 29

2 years, including one year in barrel.

Question 30

What is the minimum aging for all Aszú and Aszúesszencia wines?

Answer 30

Three years, including 18mos in barrel (2 years prior to 2014).

Question 31

Is sweetening authorized for Tokaji wines?

Answer 31

No, not for any category. | Up until 8/1/2015, it was permitted for Tokaji white and Late Harvest.

Question 32

What is Egri Bikavér?

Answer 32

Bull's Blood of Eger. Traditionally made of Kadarka; now a blend of at least three varieties, including Kéfrankos, none of which can make up more that 50% or less than 5% of the blend. Other authorized grapes include Kékoportó, Kadarka, Blauburger, Zweigelt, Cab Franc, Cab Sauv, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Menoire, and Syrah.

Question 33

What is the major grape of Sopron, and why?

Answer 33

Kéfrankos; it is contiguous with Austria's Burgenland.

Question 34

What two regions are allowed to use the label term "bikaver?"

Answer 34

Eger and Szekszárd (southerly, in Transdanubia)

Question 35

What are the PDO zones to the north and south of Lake Balaton?

Answer 35

Badascony & Balatonfüred-Czopak (North) | Balatonboglár (South)

Question 36

Where is red wine production concentrated?

Answer 36

In the southwest (Szekzárd and Villány in particular). Sopron is a geographic outlier.

Question 37

What is Hungary's largest wine region?

Answer 37

Kunság, in the Great Plain (central Hungary).

Question 38

What is kékoporto?

Answer 38

Blauer Portugeiser

Question 39

What is Szürkebarát?

Answer 39

Pinot Gris