In the first half of the nineties the attention of the most Villány wine makers – among them us – was attracted by the wines made from the so-called Bordeaux-varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. This was obvious because in this decade on large parts of the vineyards these varieties were grown, and the…

Not only wine can be made out of grape but several other processing methods are known. The oil and micro-extract of grape seed and the juice of the unripe grape – verjus – are healthy and tasty supplements can be of our kitchen. GRAPE SEED OIL The oil which came from the seeds of the…

The wine named Tinta can be found in the selection of Weninger & Gere Winery since 2006. This is a real rarity: in Hungary this is the only one wine botteled from 100% tempranillo. Franz Weninger proposed the idea of planting tempranillo on a mutual vineyard in the early 2000’s. His idea was based on…

Tempranillo is one of the most famous varieties of Spain and Portugal. Its name comes from the word „temprano” which means “early”, since it ripens few weeks earlier than the most Spanish blue grape varieties. It has many names: if in Spain we see ull de llebre, cencibel, tinta de toro, jancivera, ojo de liebre…

In Villány wine region real winter just started and we are about to celebrate St. Vincent’s Day. The ever popular “Vincent Variations from Cellar to Cellar” awaits the wine lovers with several colorful events. Resuscitation of the Vincent Day folk traditions breaks the silence of winter in the slopes. On the occasion of Vincent Day…

When we sit down the first time to speak with the local wine makers, that Villány needed a common flagship, we quickly agreed that it would be the cabernet franc. We also knew that this wine variety would be successful on long term if as a wine style could be described and would be transparent.…

Hereby we introduce the menu of our new wine dinner of St. Martin’s day 2015: Villányi goose snacks: smoked goose breast, goose rilette Duck liver paté with must reduction and marinaded onion, with grape seed brioche Chestnut cappuccino with goose crackling brittle and apple Autumn roll with pumpkin and goose gizzard and hot plum sauce…

During scientific experiments /University of Pécs, Researching laboratory 2012/ it was proved that the GERE blue grape seed and peel extract contains those flavonoids, and poliphenols /quercetin, rezveratrol, malvidin, rutin/, which have strong antioxidant effects and this way they reduce the cell harming effects of free radicals. The animal experiments clearly showed the blocking of…