Bitch Moan and Wine (unofficially Treehugger Dan's and Bottlehugger Ben's Wine Society) Pre-Valentine’s Day Wine Tasting: Kvassay Vineyards (Villany) at Doblo Wine Merchants. A newish name on the Villány wine scene has been making ground and winning wine completions with his fine selection. Join us for a 6 tier tasting with a surprise plus we are throwing in  some Valentines day chocolates from our new Fair Trade and organic adventure. Wines we'll be trying:
- Sauvignon Blanc 2009
- Kékfrankos Rosé 2009 (between the top 100 wines listed by origo for 2009)
- Portugueser 2009
- Merlot based Cuvée 2008
- Merlot 2008
- Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon Cuvée 2008
- + Surprise
More on the wine maker: Founded in 2002 by Istvan Kvassay, this family vineyard suddenly passed into the hands of 23 year-old son Levente in 2007; making Levente one of the youngest wine makers in the country. He is new, fresh and an up and coming wine maker whom dares to impress and take on the older competition. Already making a name for himself in wine competitions. Among the big Villany names like Gere Tamas, Gere Zsolt, Róth, Tiffán, Maul, Günzer, Bock, Vylyan and Wunderlich,
Kvassay walked away with a prize for his 2008 Portugieser, as he had done earlier for his Rosé. The Kvassay vineyard consists of 3 hectares of grape varitals like Kekfrankos, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, Kékfrankos,Portugieser, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. He is producing annually 20000 bottles. For more info please visit: http://www.kvassay.hu/
More on the Fair Trade Chocolates: Ben and Dan just opened a new segment to their books and tourism empires which involves fine foods, spices, chocolates, coffees and teas plus many other things. During the wine tasting we'll introduce you to the new products and let you try several types of products to get your taste buds roaring and begging for more! As always wines and food stuffs can be bought and ordered during the event. Happy Valentines Day form the wine and chocolate lovers! The cost of this event is only 3000 huf for members, 3500 for non-members. Please register at wine@bitchmoanwine.com
Note: Venue will be at: Doblo Wine Merchants (Doblo borkereskedés). Located on Dob utca 20 (on the corner of Holló utca) entrance from Holló utca. Just around the corner from the Donűhanyi Street Synagogue in the VII district.