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The Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival is a great opportunity to taste award-winning Hungarian wines.
You can
- learn about the history of Hungarian wines and winegrowing,
- meet renowned wine makers,
- listen to folk music and concerts,
- taste gastronomy delicacies.
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Besides Hungarian wines several foreign wine distributors exhibit their products as well. The festival consists of several events that take place at different venues, on the first weekend in September 2008.
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Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival
Wine Exhibition and Fair in the Buda Castle
Place: Buda Castle-Palace terraces Budapest
More than 170 wine distributors exhibit their products from Hungarian wine regions and foreign countries as well. You can taste culinary delicacies between two sips of wine.ű
Colorful programs accompany the fair on two stages: musical performances, men’s choir, folk dancing, jazz music, etc. Become a wine judge for a few minutes!
Visit the Vinagora Tent! You can meet the Ace Winegrowers of Hungary and of course taste their wines.
Don’t hesitate to bring your children too, there are programs for them as well: puppet theatre, mediaeval playhouse. Every day between 10 am and 6 pm you can leave your children at the childcare where qualified attendants will look after your little ones while you’re tasting wines. They can draw, listen to stories and have delicious grapes.
Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival
Vintage Throng at the Outdoor Village Museum
Place: Szentendre
The museum revives 19th century vintage traditions. You can watch grape harvest and vintage festivities, visit cellars in the recently opened section. Taste wines, grapes and have traditional vintage dishes. Children can take part in various activities, for example scarecrow making.
They have fresh, sweet grapejuice („must” in Hungarian). Craftsmen from the Southern Transdanubian regoin introduce their traditional works. After a couple of glasses of wine you can join the folk music and dance groups if you feel like.
Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival
Wine Academy Autumn Semester
Learn about the secrets and history of wine making and viniculture from acknowledged experts. This popular program of the Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival consists of three series of lectures:
- Festival Spectrum Wine Academy
- Vintage Wine Academy
- New-Wine Academy
For details visit the organiser’s website!
Vintage Procession at the Buda Castle
Place: Buda Castle
Come and see or join the parade! Representatives of the Hungary’s wine regions and the festival’s guest countries, members of the Hungarian Wine Orders and associations, cheese masters, the Order of the Wine Knights and folk ensembles from the wine regions will march in the procession.
Gala Concert
Place: Budapest Convention Centre
Enjoy Orff’s Carmina Burana by the Domonkos Héja and the Danubia Symphony Orchestra, with soloists from the Hungarian State Opera House and Choir Jeunesses Musicales.
Wine and Must Boat
Place: between Budapest Szentendre.
Cruise on a pleasure boat between the two venues of the festival. On board you can taste wine and must and listen to live music. Children’s programmes will entertain your little ones.
Charity and Trade Wine Auction
Place: salesroom of the Liszt Ferenc Zeneakadémia (Music Academy),
Address: 8. Liszt Ferenc Square, Budapest, 1061
You can bid for special rare bottles of wines by highly acknowledged wine makers. This year’s novelty is a special section for the catering trade. Part of the proceeds will be donated to the Hungarian Maltese Charity Service.
Art Exhibiton
Tibor Dékány photographer: title Misty Feminity
Place: National Gallery, Buda Castle
Come to Budapest in early September and enjoy not only the sunny indian summer but the programmes of the Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival! And taste great Hungaraian wines!
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