Oremus was acquired by Tempos Vega Sicilia in 1993 and is based in Tolcsva, where ancient 13th-century cellars underpin a modern winery producing both dry Furmint and Tokaji Aszú.
Tasting: Cellar tours and tastings by appointment at Tolcsva.
Signature wines: oremus-mandolas-furmint, oremus-aszu-5-puttonyos, oremus-aszu-6-puttonyos
Tip: The Mandolás dry Furmint is the estate's flagship white and a key reference for the dry Furmint revival.
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.
Balassa Pince is based in Tolcsva, home village of Oremus, producing dry Furmint and textured Szamorodni from the rolling volcanic hillsides and ancient cellar tunnels of the Tolcsva valley.
Tasting: Cellar visits and tastings in Tolcsva by appointment.
Signature wines: balassa-furmint, balassa-szamorodni
Tip: Tolcsva's deep historic cellar network runs for hundreds of metres through volcanic tuff; an atmospheric location for any tasting.
Vega Sicilia's Tokaj property, with 115 ha of first-growth vineyards and centuries-old underground cellars. Tasting covers three wines from dry Furmint to Aszú, with cellar and production tour; Monday to Sunday in summer.
Cellar door at Vega Sicilia's Tokaj estate in Tolcsva, selling the Oremus range from dry Furmint to Aszú. Visits by appointment include tasting of three wines; wines shipped across the EU.
Cellar and production tour at Vega Sicilia's Tokaj estate in Tolcsva. Explores centuries-old underground cellars and the production facility before a three-wine tasting covering the range from dry Furmint to Aszú. Available in English and Hungarian.
Wine museum in a 2 km mould-covered cellar on three levels dug into rhyolite-tuff in Tolcsva, some galleries dating to the 13th century. Houses more than 100,000 bottles; the oldest is an Aszú made in 1680. Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Tokaj wine region since 2002. Guided tours in English and Hungarian.
Guided exploration of Vega Sicilia's Tokaj estate in Tolcsva: centuries-old underground cellars, production facility, and a three-wine tasting from dry Mandolás Furmint through Late Harvest to Aszú. Unique opportunity to taste the only Vega Sicilia venture outside Spain.
Tolcsva, the village home of the Oremus estate and several smaller Hegyalja producers, has a modest village bar that stays open in the summer evenings after cellar visits wind down. The atmosphere is local and unhurried; a useful base for visitors touring the eastern arc of the Hegyalja.
Wine focus: Eastern Hegyalja dry Furmint, local Szamorodni, Oremus Late Harvest by the glass
Tip: Tolcsva is one of the least visited of the main Hegyalja villages; the evening bar here has a genuinely local character that contrasts with the more visitor-oriented bars in Tokaj town.
The Oremus cellar complex at Tolcsva includes a candlelit cellar corridor dating to the estate's pre-privatisation history. Evening group tastings in the cellar combine the Vega Sicilia winemaking heritage with the atmospheric carved-tuff environment. Available by group appointment for trade and collector visits.
Wine focus: Oremus Aszú verticals, Mandolás dry Furmint, Szamorodni
Tip: Contact Oremus trade office for evening cellar event bookings; this format is most suited to groups of 6-12 and is rarely offered to individual visitors.
Oremus offers extended late-afternoon and early-evening group tastings in the Tolcsva cellar complex, culminating in a walk through the barrel ageing halls where Aszú matures in small Hungarian oak casks. The Vega Sicilia connection gives the evening programme a distinct character, and the cellar explanation compares Aszú oak maturation with the Ribera del Duero barriques from the parent estate.
Wine focus: Oremus Aszú vertical, Mandolás Furmint, Szamorodni
Tip: The Oremus late tasting programme is best suited to visitors who appreciate the Vega Sicilia connection and want to understand Hungarian oak vs. French oak in a Tokaj context.