Recent content by Ambrus Bak

David, I hope you agree to my quoting your earlier notes...

Dear Joel, yes, it is the place, with the majority of the very best vineyards visible on this picture. I'll try to answer your questions in detail. The main varieties (highest acreage) in Badacsony are Welschriesling, Pinot gris, Muscat ottonel. Two very important grape varieties with lower...

Dear VS, I do produce Kknyelű, David even posted a TN about it (and some other wines) on Wine therapy: "Bak Pince Badacsonyi Kknyelű 2006 From 14-years-old vines from what Ambrus feels is a fair enough though hardly great site (and that is already the whole point: if it is true that better...

That clears it up, thanks! I agree with you - the minerality is embedded. In Welschriesling (I find) it usually is, with the exception of less than a handful of the very best I ever tasted...

I was against sending any 2007 wines to David myself, but the 2008s were in barrel at the time (most of them still are). The Laposa winery is one of the two most highly regarded (by wine critics, wine merchants and buyers of fine wine of the country) in the Badacsony region (the other being the...

David, could you explain that to me in detail, please? I'm still only an aspiring winemaker. (Family and friends are very happy to finish off the little wine I make now, though). I hope to begin my 'new life' next summer...

Thank you, David! Apart from a handful of wineries in Tokaj (and one winery in Badacsony, owned by Swiss businessman Philipp Oser) no one exports a significant amount of his/her white wine production from Hungary (with the possible exception of some low-quality mass producers that simply don't...

Hello Rahsaan, hello David, greetings to everyone, I'm finally on this forum now! First, let me express my deep gratitude, David, for taking the time and posting these notes! One question first, about something that is not clear for me: Which variety you think the ice spar minerality doesn't...