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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (9458)	2/12/2003 6:58:06 PM
From: X Y Zebra	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14610

more like YUK... -LOL re: blood on wine... Now.. come on.... that is bs... did you not read my response ? -gg you want to drink Wine for Vikings ? Most wines from the .... Rône valley/river (like Chateneauf du Pape or Hermitage --Sirah grape and similar)... that's strong stuff... (but good) stratsplace.com stratsplace.com you could also try.... Sangre the Toro (Spanish) kwagga.de kwagga.de or Bikavér (Bull's Blood) (Hungarian) fsz.bme.hu winesofhungary.com _______________________________ What is Bull's Blood? Living in Hungary one always seems to assume that people automatically know about your culture and it is easy to become indignant when you find that they don't. You will find a lot of mention about Bikavér (Bull's Blood) on this site but I was forced to think again when a visitor to the site asked what is Bikavér! I thought back to my student days and how the picture of the bull's face on a bottle of wine actually put me off buying it. A lot has changed and you don't find bulls profiles on a bottle of Bikavér any more, but I felt it was useful to expand on this topic. One of the legends behind the name is that during the month long battle in which Dobo Istvan repulsed the Ottoman forces at Eger it is said that when the Hungarian troops got weary they stopped by at wine cellars to refresh themselves. Going back into battle, the Turks saw the wine running down their opponents beards and tunics and thinking they had been drinking Bull's Blood, they fled! However it was only in the mid 18th century that Bikavér became popularised as a medicine to strengthen the stomach. Its name appeared in literature only in 1851. The pre 18th century recipe is known to have included Fekete Frankos, Fekete Juhfark, Budai Nagyfürtü, Ingaly and Kadarka (there were 8 different type of it then). In the 19th century up till the 1970ies it would contain Kadarka, Kékfrankos, Kékoportó, the Cabernets, and Medoc Noir (Medina). The communist era put an emphasis on quantity resulting in the Kadarka grape being discarded as it was a difficult to grow. It was especially in 1979 when the state established the Bulls Blood project which controlled the varietal planting scheme to give a better colour. This project also made the name exclusive to Eger although Szekszárd had produced Bikavér for generations. Thankfully now there is a movement back to more traditional values and the Kadarka grape is seeing a revival as part of a Bikavér as well as on its own. And both Szekszard and Eger are producing quality Bikavérs to wipe out the scar left by communism.