Wine maker Kata Zsirai is Hungary’s Young Wine Maker of the Year for 2018 and she has run the estate with her sister Petra since the death of their father Csaba in 2011.The family’s 18 hectares of vineyards are in the most important wine regions in Hungary: Tokaj, Somlo and Villany from which they harvest their total production by hand. They only produce wine from the grapes that they grow and believe that the secret of good wine is excellent soil, proper selection of grapes varieties, and diligent care. They are working on first growth vineyards in Tokaj, such as Betsek, Középhegy, Szt. Tamás, Úrágya.
It was over 20 years ago that the
Béres family, already successful in
the pharmaceutical sector, pledged
commitment towards the Tokaj Wine
Region and established a winery
in Erdőbénye.