Eger PDOKekfrankos, Kadarka, Pinot NoirFounded 1983Toth familyEger
Founded in 1983 by Ferenc Toth and now run by his daughter Kata and her husband, this family winery operates a main cellar plus a Szepasszony-volgy tasting cellar, producing Bikaver, Csillag and single-varietal Kekfrankos and Kadarka.
Tasting: Cellar tastings and vineyard tours across three venues: the main cellar and shop, a Szepasszony-volgy cellar, and the Sikhegy venue.
Signature wines: Egri Csillag Superior, Nagy-Eged Kekfrankos Grand Superior
Tip: The Szepasszony-volgy 46 cellar is the easiest of the estate's three venues for a casual walk-in tasting.
Eger PDOLeanyka, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Kadarka, Sangiovese, Olaszrizling, Furmint, Ezerjo5 haWinemaker Tarnoczi ZoltanOstoros
A five-hectare, four-plot family winery in Ostoros run by winemaker Tarnoczi Zoltan, producing additive-free wines from an unusually wide varietal range including Kadarka, Sangiovese and Ezerjo.
Tasting: Small-batch tastings by appointment; contact winemaker Tarnoczi Zoltan directly.
Signature wines: Abrakadabra, Kadarka
Tip: The range of grape varieties here is broader than almost any other small Eger cellar; ask what is pouring that week.
Eger PDOOlaszrizling, Kadarka, Furmint, Leanyka8 haFounded 2009Winemaker Csutoras Ferenc Jr.Biodynamic PracticingEger
Founded in 2009 on the historic Almagyar archiepiscopal hillside, this estate farms heritage Eger varieties including a 60-year-old Leanyka block, fermenting spontaneously in oak and acacia wood.
Tasting: Vineyard visits, wine camping (borkemping) and a spa on the Almagyar hillside.
Signature wines: Erseki Leanyka, Menoire
Tip: The old-vine Leanyka block is one of the few heritage plantings still farmed on the Almagyar hillside.
Eger PDOSyrah, Kadarka, KekfrankosSzepasszony-volgy
A Szepasszony-volgy cellar producing both Bikaver and Csillag alongside varietal Syrah, Kadarka and Harslevelu, with a stated philosophy of minimal technical intervention.
Tasting: Cellar-door tastings in Szepasszony-volgy, including Grand Superior flights.
Signature wines: Pajados Grand Superior, Egri Bikaver
Tip: Ask for the Pajados Grand Superior cuvee, the estate's top-tier Bikaver bottling.
Almagyar Erseki Szolobirtok ★ 4.5
Eger PDOKekfrankos, Kadarka, OlaszrizlingBiodynamic PracticingNaturalAlmagyar
Almagyar was established in 2009 to rescue a century-old vineyard section on Eger's Almagyar hill that was threatened with removal. The estate now farms roughly 8 hectares with a natural-wine, spontaneous-fermentation approach and runs its own Borkemping campsite and Venyige Spa for overnight visitors.
Tip: Almagyar does not sit inside the main Szepasszony-volgy cellar street, so it stays quieter than the town-centre wineries even on festival weekends; contact the estate directly to visit.
Eger PDOKekfrankos, Kadarka, Olaszrizling, KiralyleanykaEger town centre
Gal Tibor's cellar in central Eger runs 200 to 300 years deep into rhyolite tuff, part of the roughly 140 kilometres of tunnels honeycombing the town, and connects to Fuzio, the winery's own dining venue that pours single-vineyard bottlings from Nagy-Eged, Pajados and Sikhegy.
Tip: Fuzio runs dinner service on Friday and Saturday evenings by reservation, a rarer late-evening food and wine pairing than most Eger cellar-door operations offer.
Eger PDOChardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Olaszrizling, Kadarka, Kekfrankos, SangioveseNagykoporos
Rege Birtok sits away from the main Szepasszony-volgy cellar street on the Nagykoporos road, farming an unusually broad varietal range for an Eger estate that includes Viognier and Sangiovese alongside the region's staple Kekfrankos and Kadarka, and hosting both organised and informal tastings on its terrace.
Tip: The estate's terrace has panoramic views back toward Eger's castle, a quieter vantage point than the crowded viewpoints inside Szepasszony-volgy itself.
Eger PDOKekfrankos, Kadarka, Olaszrizling, LeanykaEgerszalok
St. Andrea's home cellar sits in Egerszalok rather than inside Eger's own Szepasszony-volgy tourist circuit, a village better known nationally for its mineral-terrace thermal spa, which keeps the winery's tasting room calmer than a central-Eger address would be.
Tip: Combine a St. Andrea tasting with the Egerszalok salt-hill thermal terrace next door; the two sit an easy walk apart in the same village.
Eger PDOKekfrankos, Kadarka, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, OlaszrizlingNoszvaj
Thummerer's estate sits in Noszvaj, a baroque village a short drive from Eger's town centre rather than inside the Szepasszony-volgy circuit, and holds a share of the Nagyhegy single-vineyard site prized for Bikaver.
Tip: Thummerer's office and sales hours are weekdays only; call ahead before making the drive out from Eger, since the cellar does not keep the weekend hours of the town-centre wineries.
Egri KadarkaKadarkaEUR 10-12 retail (4,150 HUF at the winery webshop)
A single-varietal Kadarka from Gal Tibor, the grape historically brought to Eger by Serbian refugees in the 15th and 16th centuries and later the backbone of pre-industrial Bikaver blends.
Tip: Kadarka's light colour and high acidity reward a light chill even for a red; it is one of the few Eger reds that works served slightly cool.
Egri Bikaver Superior DHCKekfrankos, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, KadarkaEUR 10-12 retail (4,200 HUF at the winery webshop)
Labirintus is Gal Tibor's Superior-tier Bikaver, aged twelve months in oak on top of the DHC's five-variety minimum, offering the region's mid-tier classification at an accessible price.
Tip: Decant thirty minutes before serving; the Superior tier's extra oak ageing benefits from air more than the lighter Classicus wines do.
Egri Bikaver Superior DHCKekfrankos, Kadarka, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Pinot NoirEUR 14-16 retail (5,900 HUF at the winery webshop)
Aldas is St. Andrea's entry-point Superior-tier Bikaver, positioned by the winery as its most accessible red built to the Superior classification's five-variety, extended-ageing rules.
Tip: St. Andrea's tasting room runs three tiered flights, Classicus, Superior and Grand Superior; Aldas is the wine that opens the Superior flight.
Egri Bikaver DHCKekfrankos, Kadarka, Cabernet Sauvignon, MerlotEUR 9-10 retail (3,699 HUF at the winery webshop)
Thummerer's base-tier Egri Bikaver is a consistently priced classic-style bottling, sold directly from the family winery's Noszvaj cellar just outside Eger.
Tip: Noszvaj is a short drive from central Eger and worth combining with a look at the village's baroque Fay mansion if visiting the cellar in person.