Balaton wine region is one of the seven larger wine regions of
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
. It consists of six wine regions:
Badacsony
Badacsony () is the name of a region on the north shore of Lake Balaton in western Hungary, a mountain top and a town in that region.
The nearby basalt mountains are unique geological relics, and the habitat of many rare plants and animals. Thes ...
,
Balatonboglár
Balatonboglár is a resort town situated on the south shore of Lake Balaton in Somogy County, Hungary. It is the official centre of the Balatonboglár wine region, and is often called the "town of grapes and wine."
Between 1979 and 1991 Balatonbo ...
,
Balaton-felvidék,
Balatonfüred-Csopak,
Nagy-Somló and
Zala. Its wine regions are spread around
Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton () is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and th ...
;
[ with these areas having constituted one single wine region back to the 19th century.]Romans
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
* Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
.[ The region is known for its specific white wines showing local particularities; its most widely grown variety is ]olaszrizling
Welschriesling is a white wine grape variety, unrelated to the Rhine Riesling, that is grown throughout Central Europe. Origin
The descendance of Welschriesling is uncertain. The German name ''Welschriesling'' literally means ' Romanic Riesling' ...
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Wine regions
References
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Wine regions of Hungary
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