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Hungary’s smallest wine region is a real treasure
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For lovers of special, mineral flavours, the tiny Nagy-Somló wine region is a real treasure-trove. The northernmost part of the Balaton wine region and the northwestern part of Hungary awaits visitors at any time of the year.
“If you travel from Veszprém towards the western border of Hungary, everywhere you look, you see plains. The stump-shaped mountain of Somló rises out of the landscape as if it had been there by accident, which is perhaps why the vernacular calls it God’s forgotten hat,” writes the official site of the Somló wine region.
Somló, the wine of honeymoons
Many people also know Somló as the wine of honeymoon nights, because it was once believed that Somló wine consumed on this special night was a guarantee that the newlyweds would have a son. The former volcano now stands out from its surroundings like a beautiful stump-shaped mountain. The landscape is dominated by the 432-metre-high buttes, with basalt columns in the upper third and vineyards rising to 350 metres below. Nowadays, however, it is much more the special volcanic character of the wines that attracts wine connoisseurs and wine lovers from all over the world to our wine region in the northernmost part of the Balaton wine region.
The Nagy-Somló wine region is the smallest and one of the most unique wine regions in our country. The vineyards are planted up to 350 metres above sea level, and the route around the mountain is a continuous alternation of small and large vineyards and parcels. The small cottages and wine cellars along the road only add to the scenery.