A Hungarian wrote the best Spanish gastronomic book

Zoltán Nagy, who lives in Barcelona, won the prize of Spain’s oldest and internationally most recognised magazine, called the Club de Gourmets.

The writer of Hungarian origins is one of Spain’s most famous wine professionals and a member of many juries at wine competitions. His presence and professional activity is significant both in the Spanish wine regions and on the internet. On the course of 5 years, he has tasted and made people taste 10 thousand wines.

His book, titled Wine Queens, which was published back in 2018, has been chosen as 2021’s best gastronomic book of Spain by the magazine Club de Gourmets. The monthly issued magazine that plays a vital role in gastronomy, wine culture and tourism, was founded in 1976 and has been choosing the best of the best in gastronomy for ten years now, based on professionals’ and readers’ reviews. Chefs, restaurant managers, sommeliers, writers, restaurants, hotels, businesses and products are competing every year to win at the award ceremony, which will be held in 2021 in Madrid’s Salón Gourmet, one of Europe’s most important markets and exhibitions of foods and drinks. 

Hvg.hu interviewed him asking about his book that presents 50 women whose lives are somehow, in different ways connected to wine in a South-European country where the industry itself is considered overly masculine. He said