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Hungarian Aszú on YouTube: learn about the most expensive wine of the 19th century – VIDEOS
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Have you always been interested in wine-making but you never had the time to actually learn the ins and outs of the business? Pour yourself a glass of wine, try to relax and watch these really interesting YouTube videos about the Hungarian wine regions, famous grape varieties.
Rocks + fungus = great wine?
Watch how one of the most popular white wine aszú is made from the special grape variety called furmint. What is the difference between dry wines and sweet wines? Why are sweet wines more drinkable? Watch and learn from the best, István Szepsy, who has been in the business for many decades running the Szepsy Winery.
The king of wines
Everybody knows about the world-famous Hungarian wine: Tokaji Aszú, but do you know what makes this variety so special? Learn more about the wine of kings, Tokaji Aszú, which was the most expensive wine in the world in the 1800’s. Expert László Mészáros from Disznókő Winery tells everything there is to know about Tokaji Aszú.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfTrkPp8gjI
There is another informative video on Aszú as well, which is also worth checking out. This video focuses on what the wine is made of: the berries. A little etymology as well: aszú actually means “dry” in Hungarian. Aszú berries are basically special dried grape berries.