I hesitated to write about it. It’s because some months ago I decided to be more positive about the “poor” Hungarian wine industry. Then I came across Juhász Testvérek’s Kékfrankos (or was it the Bikavér??) from Eger and I was furious. It was simply outrageous. But I calmed down. Then I couldn’t resist (Eurobor) Tűzkő Kékfrankos on discount sale at In vino Veritas á propos de Wine Wednesday. After all, their Sauvignon Blanc 2007 was OK, Renana 2007 not so much and Domb Cuvée, well, it was not bad at all. I mean, readers like to read beautifully written stories about great wines, vintages, winemakers and so on. And these readers are served well. Most people like stories more than the truth. And the truth is that about 99% of Hungarian wines is rubbish. And not just the bulk wines and deservedly unfamous former socialist corporations’ products from the lowest shelves of the supermarkets, but some wines cheered by wine drinkers and tolerated by the wine press and the blogsphere. I don’t care about popularity and visitor statistics and I’m not bound by anything else either and that’s what I like about having my own blog. Here I can remark that the EUR 3-4 or so that I spent on this wine (at half price) was very badly spent, not considering the annoying trip to In Vino Veritas across the city. Every single winemaker lately sooner or later starts to talk to me about how new world winemakers (sic!, like all of them) are cheating and producing cheap wines and Hungarians should be more sophisticated than buying those imported alcoholic juices. Here in Hungary our problems are always caused by someone else, it’s never us, there’s always an obscure global conspiracy to blame. This sentiment is further fuelled by state politics of course. We are mud-wrestling with ourselves. It’s time for consumers and winemakers to wake up. If Fodor Béla can do it, why couldn’t anyone else?