Budapest’s wine bars often have differing profiles; some boast an impressive assortment of international reds and whites, while others focus on their selection of Magyar-made libations from established winemakers, and others are experimental and proffer the bottles of lesser-known vintners. However, several Budapest wine bars recently found common ground, joining forces to create an entirely new tipple together with the help of a Hungarian winemaker from Szekszárd, Csaba Sebestyén. This is how Egytőről came into being, and now we can try it at all of the participating wine bars in town.

At first, this initiative aimed to create a Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch) wine that comes in unified bistro-style screw-cap bottles. The grapes come from the vineyards of Csaba Sebestyén from Szekszárd, and its creation was supervised by this well-known Magyar winemaker. The aim of this collaboration, called Egytőről, is popularizing the wine varieties of the Carpathian Basin, so later on the Egytőről assortment will be expanded with wines made of other grapes found in the region.

The new movement considers conscious and moderate wine consumption to be highly important, and for this reason the organizers plan to host plenty of exciting programs like wine tours, trips to wine cellars in rural Hungary, and several collaborations between participating wineries in the near future. The first wine of the Egytőről project is now available by the glass and the bottle at Doblo, 0,75 Bistro, Palack, Andante Borpatika, Köz’Pont, ETAP, Tasting Table, and VinoPiano in Budapest.