Founded in 1989 on Tokaj's historic wine merchants' street by Erzsébet Prácser, one of the region's first female winemakers, this family cellar produces traditional dry and sweet Tokaj styles.
Signature wines: erzsebet-furmint-dry, erzsebet-aszu-5-puttonyos
Tip: The cellar sits on Bem Street, the historic wine trading street of Tokaj town; the family's personal history spans the transition from state to private winemaking.
Address: Bem József utca 16, 3910 Tokaj, Hungary
Established in 1983 in a 500-year-old building on Bem Street in Tokaj town, Hímesudvar produces small-batch Furmint, Hárslevelű and Sárga Muskotály from 3.5 hectares of estate vines.
Tasting: Cellar visits in Tokaj town centre; five-minute walk from the main square.
Signature wines: himesudvar-furmint, himesudvar-harslevelu
Tip: The historic building once served as a hunting lodge for King János Szapolyai; the cellar is among the oldest continually operated in the region.
Gizella Pince produces wines from 11 different Tokaj vineyards; Furmint dominates at 62% of plantings, including the historically documented Szil-völgy reconstruction project dating back to 1612.
Tasting: Winery visits by appointment in Tokaj town.
Signature wines: gizella-furmint-harslevelu, gizella-szil-volgy-furmint
Tip: The reconstruction of the historically documented Szil-völgy vineyard site produces very limited quantities worth seeking out at the cellar.
Established in 1983 in a 500-year-old building on Bem Street in Tokaj town, Hímesudvar produces small-batch Furmint, Hárslevelű and Sárga Muskotály from 3.5 hectares of estate vines.
Tasting: Cellar visits in Tokaj town centre; five-minute walk from the main square.
Signature wines: himesudvar-furmint, himesudvar-harslevelu
Tip: The historic building once served as a hunting lodge for King János Szapolyai; the cellar is among the oldest continually operated in the region.
Gizella Pince produces wines from 11 different Tokaj vineyards; Furmint dominates at 62% of plantings, including the historically documented Szil-völgy reconstruction project dating back to 1612.
Tasting: Winery visits by appointment in Tokaj town.
Signature wines: gizella-furmint-harslevelu, gizella-szil-volgy-furmint
Tip: The reconstruction of the historically documented Szil-völgy vineyard site produces very limited quantities worth seeking out at the cellar.
Grand Tokaj, formerly Tokaj Kereskedőház, is the state-owned large-format producer, rebranded in 2016, producing the full range of Tokaj styles at commercial scale and widely distributed internationally.
Tasting: Winery visits and group tastings; contact via website.
Signature wines: grand-tokaj-aszu-5-puttonyos, grand-tokaj-furmint
Tip: Grand Tokaj's wines are widely available internationally and a practical entry point for exploring the region's principal styles.
Füleky Pince is a family estate in Bodrogkeresztúr at the Bodrog-Tisza confluence, a village whose morning mists reliably stimulate noble rot; the estate produces Furmint and Aszú from these fog-prone slopes.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings in Bodrogkeresztúr by appointment.
Signature wines: fuleky-furmint, fuleky-aszu-5-puttonyos
Tip: Bodrogkeresztúr's autumn fogs produce some of the region's most consistently botrytised grapes; the village is a good base for understanding the geographical origins of Tokaji Aszú.
Zoltán Demeter is a boutique Mád producer making concentrated single-vineyard Furmint and precise Aszú from tiny parcels on the volcanic slopes above the village.
Tasting: Visits by prior appointment only.
Signature wines: demeter-zoltan-furmint, demeter-zoltan-aszu-6-puttonyos
Tip: Production is very small; wines are primarily available through specialist importers and local Mád tasting rooms.
Zsirai Pince in Tarcal grows vines on the southern slopes of Kopasz-hegy including plots adjacent to the historic Mézes Mály dűlő, one of Tokaj's first-class classified vineyards, producing full-bodied dry Furmint and Aszú.
Tasting: Winery visits by appointment in Tarcal.
Signature wines: zsirai-mezes-maly-furmint, zsirai-aszu-6-puttonyos
Tip: Tarcal is the southernmost major wine village in Tokaj; its maximum sun exposure produces noticeably richer fruit than the cooler northern villages.
