A Wine Worth Noting

kekfrankoscrop.jpgWhile at the Second Cup today and I got a good tip on a rather intriguing grape from Hun­gary — kek­frankos . Toni Burzotta tells me that it’s one that will appeal to people that appre­ci­ate a well struc­tured, smooth and easy drink­ing red. The kek­frankos grape is one many people are prob­ably famil­iar with as the prin­cipal grape in Egri Bikavér (Bull’s Blood) — the first that always jumps to my mind when any­one men­tions Hun­garian wine. It is a unique vari­etal, indi­gen­ous to Hun­gary and has been grown there for cen­tur­ies. Toni says its smooth, soft and supple and most import­ant for we Ontari­ans is that it will be avail­able at your local vin­tages start­ing Octo­ber 13th from the Villa Stephen. My pal­ate is water­ing already. It rep­res­ents a great value for taste and we can all appre­ci­ate that.

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