Grape juice as cultural heritage? – Budapest newspaper

by time news

2024-06-28 13:00:03

Wine plantations in decline

The Kéknyelű is a typical Hungarian vine with a bluish-reddish leaf stem. However can Hungarians be right here?

In Hungarian this phrase sounds rather more lovely and poetic than in different languages. The grapes produce a light-weight green-yellow wine. Its curiosity is that the Kéknyelű can be a kind of previous Hungarian grape in a single a well-known music sing

Der Reiz des Badacsony

And why is the sort of wine so particular? It is just grown in Badacsony and the Balaton Highlands. Because it produces solely feminine inflorescences, its fertility is unsure. It requires the planting of stamens because it can not reproduce by itself. It solely thrives on volcanic soils and might solely be present in giant portions worldwide within the Badacsony space, the place it grows on solely 30 hectares.

“With out Badacsony and the Badacsony kéknyelű vine, there could be no Hungarian tradition as we all know it,” stated Minister Tibor Navracsics, who lately in Badacsonytomaj requested the Hungarian Cultural Heritage Committee to rethink its choice from the center of June and the sort of wine is understood. as an impartial cultural heritage.

The minister emphasised that wines such because the Tokaji (Aszú) eruption and the Erlauer Stierblut are rightly on the checklist. Nevertheless, the Balaton and Badacsony wine areas deserve the identical rights as different wine areas within the nation.

Nouveau riche towards wineries

The background to this sudden wine advertising and marketing by the Minister is that the wine rising area at Lake Balaton is shrinking at an ever rising price. Nouveau riche households purchase the previous wineries, let the wine plantations disappear inside just a few years after which create well-kept lawns with a swimming pool and barbecue terrace… Sadly additionally in Badacsony!

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