Wine and food experiences in Eger

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What Eger eats and drinks

The food and wine pairings our editors chose for Eger, the dishes you are most likely to meet on a tasting or at lunch.

• Egri Bikaver Grand Superior with gulyasPaprika-forward, slow-cooked gulyas meets its match in a Grand Superior Bikaver: dark fruit and firm tannin stand up to the stew while acidity keep...Read the pairing →
• Egri Bikaver Superior with porkoltPorkolt's paprika-and-fat richness needs a red with enough acid to cut through it; a Kekfrankos-led Bikaver Superior brings sour-cherry brightness ...Read the pairing →
• Egri Csillag with halaszleThe paprika-spiced broth of halaszle calls for a white with real acid backbone; Egri Csillag's blend of Leanyka, Harslevelu and Olaszrizling delive...Read the pairing →
• SKY Furmint with hortobagyi palacsintaThe savoury crepe's creamy paprika filling is cut cleanly by Furmint's racy acidity and orchard-fruit register, a pairing that mirrors how dry Furm...Read the pairing →
• NJK with toltott kaposztaToltott kaposzta's smoked meat and tangy braised cabbage find a structured partner in NJK, whose dark fruit and firm tannin carry through the dish'...Read the pairing →
• Late-harvest Eger white with somloi galuskaSomloi galuska's rum-soaked sponge, chocolate and walnut layers meet their match in a botrytis-adjacent late-harvest white; honeyed concentration e...Read the pairing →

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