Some thoughts about a good year in wine drinking

I wouldn’t dare to select a winemaker of the year 2008. Actually, I don’t dare to start to set up a system or define what qualifies winemakers to be on the short list. To start with, I’m not even sure whether the winemaker of the year would produce the best wine of the year (probably not), or if I should award the winemaker’s effort or the end result more? Or whether consistency is more important than experimenting?  And so on… So I won’t do it. But I can note here some remarkable achievements from my perspective which is absolutely incomplete and subjective. So here’s a few thoughts about what I drank this year and liked. I wanted to write more here in this post but it turns out I don’t actually have that many thoughts after all.

- The wine that brought back hope for Portugieser: Gróf Buttler Portugieser 2006

- The huge best buy Furmint from 500 kilometers from Tokaj: Bussay Kerkaborum 2006

- The wine that made me go and visit Mór: Pontica Móri Ezerjó 2006

- Robust and rustic Rizling bargain from Pécs(!): Szabó Zoltán Rajnai Rizling 2006

- Another best buy from the entry-level segment, and it’s a Chardonnay, and it’s from Tokaj. And it’s French: Chateau Megyer Chardonnay 2005

- The soul-less beauty: Monarchia Chardonnay Battonage 2006

- The sunny side of Terroir wines: Rási Sauvignon Blanc 2007

- Out of curiosity: Bodri Kadarka Fehér 2007