Ben Howkins of The Royal Tokaji Wine Co: Ep. 77

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9 жыл бұрын

Jam packed with the sweet nectar that is knowledge! Ben Howkins, Co-Founder of the illustrious Royal Tokaji Wine Company, explains the ins and outs of this famously historic wine producing region.

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@acechadwick 8 жыл бұрын

I love Tokaji. I discovered it after watching a film called Dean Spanley which features it....and I haven't looked back!

@citic101 7 жыл бұрын

yes i saw the same film and the film has made me want to try the wine ... is the wine great ?

@acechadwick 7 жыл бұрын

If you watch it whilst drinking the wine it's really special. Tokaji is sweet and maybe not everyone's taste but it has a special aroma and I loved it. ..in fact I bought a bottle tonight!

@panzerkami2381 3 жыл бұрын

@@acechadwick There are both sweet and dry Tokaji wines, although the sweet ones are more well known.

@perlitflash3p113 2 жыл бұрын

2/3 of the Tokaji regions are located in Hungary 1/3 is located in Slovakia

@kolecava 3 жыл бұрын

Used to go there with my family back around 2005 (from Slovakia but moved to UK). The story matches up. Uncle used to tell me the mold "Botrytis Cinerea" was taken to France/Italy and then developed into their own Wines.

@lesthegreat 5 жыл бұрын

I've had one bottle of the 5 pott and I've been purchasing 1 a month from the local bottle shop and putting them into storage till they run out of stock.

@Cypeq 4 жыл бұрын

First time I've heard of tokaji had to be in history books, wine is quite ingrained in history of central Europe. Better ones have some of that funkiness of aszu without overwhelming sweetness, they are quite similar to good Riesling where sweet and sour are in good balance.

@monto39 3 жыл бұрын

I love white dessert wines in general, and Tokaji especially - but the Royal Tokaji wines I've tried have consistently been standouts. Even their $20 late harvest Furmint was good (in a German/Austrian BA kind of way). I haven't had a 6 puttonyos one from them yet (really want to try the Szt. Tamas). I might actually like the 5 puttonyos Tokajis better anyways - the balance seems just right

@purestress2597 6 жыл бұрын

Heard of tokay because it was referenced to in Bram Stokers Dracula. Apparently the Count had taste.

@IMACTED 5 жыл бұрын

Gremblo Bremblo Tokaji Aszu is the King of wines and the wines of Kings😉 in fact it’s written on every bottle in Latin! “Vinum regum Rex vinorum”. This wine is very old, dating back to the 16-17th Century Hungary 🇭🇺 Kings used to drink it. The grapes are growing on volcanic soil in the perfect harmony of macro and micro climate! The region is the world’s first closed wine region, and is among UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. On our Anniversary we drank a 25 year old bottle, it was like honey. You should taste it!

@simonwhite8474 4 жыл бұрын

And the Sherlock Holmes story 'His Last Bow' and the first chapter of 'Northern Lights' by Philip Pullman. Cheers!

@Adrian802 8 жыл бұрын

Aside from the Essencia, the one I want to try the most is Mezes Maly. I'm interested to taste why was it only for the imperial courts.

@Cypeq 4 жыл бұрын

They just though of this vineyard as the best one in Tokaji, not much else going on here. You can understand that faking stuff was very common in all times, So royal control over supply of their best wine was probably only way to provide genuine wine for those who could afford buying it. Wine of this caliber was a currency after all, frequently used in diplomacy.

@zachthom2998 4 жыл бұрын

How did they, in the past, prevent re-fermentation from happening after adding the aszu berries when they were transporting this stuff all the way to France and beyond? Were they adding sulfur back then?

@Cypeq 4 жыл бұрын

sugar as you may know is a preservative, and yeah sulfur was used since dawn of times.

@ROY-COLLEY 2 жыл бұрын

Now did you know also, that this wine 🍷 is Associated with a pipe Tobacco . Louis Dobbelmann produced a pipe Tobacco Cured in Wine. It was a Cavendish Tobacco,and its Name was Tokay. I have the very last tins still with the factory seal. And these were the last of the Tins to come out of the factory before it closed in the 60s.

@FrankTichenor-jv8zg 2 ай бұрын

Kegs of tokay elder respect,

@TheDankDK 2 жыл бұрын

What year r these wines?!?!

@alfredantoniohalleland4732 4 жыл бұрын

he says royal tokaji is the owner of the essencia. how can that be?, i thougth essencia had been made for many years before they started?,

@Cypeq 4 жыл бұрын

What he meant is they were first to bring pure eszencia it to international market. I'll believe him.

@attilaosztopanyi9468 8 ай бұрын

Originally esszencia was a medicine and wasn't purchaseable by the public. Its like royal jelly, that kind of expensive.

@FrankTichenor-kl7ok 2 ай бұрын

March brother mama;

@brianmcdonald9298 2 жыл бұрын

These are great wines. If I am in a great restaurant it’s always a tough choice between a good Sauternes and Tokaji. In my years in Russia , best choice is Tokaji.

@FrankTichenor-jv8zg 2 ай бұрын

Wolves derived where the count grew up;