Wine Festivals in Hungary
September Fest in the Nepliget, Budapest
from 4th - 6th SeptemberAdmission is FREE
Where? At Nepliget, with blue underground or by tram number 1
One emblematic programme of the festival is the Stew Making Competition. Besides the competing teams, mayors (on Saturday) and Members of Parliament (on Sunday) will also demonstrate their cooking skills. Those not participating in the competition can taste stew at the Stew Show. The show will be held in Stew Square, where restaurant chefs will be offering over 30 truly special stews to those interested and hungry. Sample portions of 0.2 litres will be served at prices from HUF 300.
A foretaste of stews to come:
Wild Boar Stew with Prunes
Fairy Ring Mushroom Stew with Blueberries for Vegetarians
Kangaroo Stew with Raspberry Essence
Crayfish Stew Zala Style
Crocodile Stew
Emu Stew
Buffalo Stew with Bolete
Beef Cheek Stew with Tripe
Cock Stew with the Pride and Fame of Little Rooster
Dudum Stew Cooked with Dumplings
Frog Stew Soroksár Style
Sturgeon Stew
For three days Feszt-goers will be entertained by more than a hundred performers playing on four stages. There will be pop, rock, jazz, and country concerts.
While the adults are enjoying good food and modern culture the children will not be bored either. They can do crafts, make clay movies, and play various interactive games, as well as have fun with Péter Levente and Richie the Clown or sea a fairy play. Families will find it easy to stay for the whole day as the Feszt will have baby feeding and changing rooms, as well as a child supervision facility.
Official website
Grape Harvest Celebration in Szentendre
On 5th Sept
In the Open Air Museum of Szentendre
Admission is 1600HUF, 800HUF for students, 400HUF for children
You can watch the traditional way of making wine in the Open Air Museum, grape pressing techniques, must tasting, folk dancing, and many well-known winemaker will be present.
18th Wine Festival in Budapest
The annual wine festival in BUdapest, presented in the Buda Castle
from 9th - 13th September
Admission is 2300HUF/day (with tasting glass and museum pass to the National Gallery), Free for children under 12
Taste the best known wines in Hungary and surrounding countries with stunning view to Budapest, there are many other program, gastronomy, folk dancing, concerts in the evening.
Official website
Tokaj Wine region
There will be two major winefestival, one in September in Mad a small town near Tokaj. Mad is the part of Tokaj wine region, 5-6 cellar will be open. Contact us for transfer prices as we can offer single day tour from 12000 HUF only
The other festival is in Erdobenye, on 10th Oct with open cellars, gastronomy. We also can offer transfer on that.
Etyek Gastronomic Festival
On 26 and 27th Sept, in Etyek, near Budapest.Admission is 800HUF/day, there are Volanbusz from Kelenfoldi train station , where you can get by normal bus number 7 or trains.
Folk festival and dancetheatre, dairy products, Hungaricums, pastries and cakes, spices, jams and honey, wide range of handcraft art works, children playhouse and of course open wine cellars
Villany Red Wine Festival
Between 2nd - 4th October, admission is FREE annualy held in the Villany wine region near Pecs. Wine tasting of the best local wines, open cellars, folkdance, concerts, gastronomy festival
How to get to Villany?
You can Contact Us for a cheap transfer price, but also take on a train from Budapest to Villany, min.1 change, around 4hours to get there, cost min.3800HUF (oneway,one person).
Harvest Days in Tokaj
Held in the main square of Tokaj, the festival between 2-4th October. Concerts, wine tasting of almost all of the major and minor winemakers in Tokaj wine region, Gastronomy.
