Since the start of the country’s largest wine fair in 1995, the largest number of winemakers, 160, is waiting for guests at the Szeged Wine Festival, which starts on Friday, says managing director of Szegedi Városkép és Piac Kft. , which organizes the Szeged Városkép és Piac Kft chain. programs, MTI reported.
Attila Rakes During the ten-day festival, he said, visitors can meet representatives of almost all local wine regions in Széchenyi Square, and winemakers also come from across the border. The wine producers are joined by nearly thirty restaurants offering unique cheeses and gastronomic specialties, and you can also taste local brandy here.
In order to reduce the environmental impact of the wine festival, wine can only be served in glass cups from the last year.
As in previous years, this year’s guests can also choose to take home a souvenir mug or a returnable mug bearing the festival’s theme.
A wine competition will be held this year as well. the Attila SzaboHeaded by the head of the Viticulture and Wine Research Station of the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences in Kecskemét, the judges rate around 150 premium wines in blind tastings on a hundred-point system. Contest results will be announced on May 15th.
This year – with the exception of the craft booths – the event will switch to cashless payment everywhere: guests can pay for glasses, food and drink purchases with their own bank card, Festipay card or even smart devices.
In addition to fine wines, cheeses and cheeses, gastronomic specialties are also available. At the same time as the wine festival, Kézműves- és Gastroudvar in Klauzál tér and Kincs tér in Dugonics tér will start. In these downtown locations, in addition to wine and belinca, you can also sample small-batch beers and gastronomic specialties, and nearly a hundred craft exhibitors and small producers will present their wares.
Visitors to the festival, which is organized as part of the Szeged Day celebration series, will enjoy a variety of musical programmes.
On my stage Széchenyi – among others – Belmondo Akusztik, Balint JaggerAnd Tamas HevesiAnd Attila Kokkini, Carole summerAnd Peter CeramicRoy and Adam Sandor Sasvari And Adam Szabo They will go up. A charity wine auction is held on all days of the festival, where you can bid on bottles and the range of wines offered by the winemakers. The amount raised will support the work of the Szeged Newborn Lifesaving Service Foundation.
