Furmint

Furmint, which is the chief grape grown in the well-known Tokay vineyards of Hungary.

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Then we have Tokay (pronounced Tok’-ay), so nearly corresponding to the Furmint, which is the chief grape grown in the well-known Tokay vineyards of Hungary.

The Art of Living in Australia 2004

Everyday drinking is fulfilled by the production of dry Furmint, a still white wine with an enticing mineral tang that producers say has found favor with a new generation in Budapest.

Sweet Dreams in Tokaj Will Lyons 2011

Known as Dry Furmint, it sits in the glass with a faint greenish hue and has an unusual, deeply attractive nose with notes of fennel, apricots and fresh apples.

Tasting Unusual Suspects Will Lyons 2011

Made from grapes that aren't affected by botrytis the rot that is crucial for sweet-wine making, Dry Furmint sometimes has an attractive, dry mineral flavor similar to those found in wines in Austria and Germany.

Tasting Unusual Suspects Will Lyons 2011

Cephas Picture Library/Alamy Furmint grapes Stepping off the dirt path to inspect an immaculately trained row of Furmint grapes, Hugh Johnson, author of "The World Atlas of Wine" 1971 and part owner and founder of Mád's Royal Tokaji Company, pauses before puncturing the silence with his own historical reflection.

Sweet Dreams in Tokaj Will Lyons 2011

It will feature wines such as a dry Furmint from Hungary or an Agiorgitiko from Domaine Skouras in Nemea, Greece at $40 a bottle.

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The winery billed its 2004 Furmint as "I am not a Chardonnay."

Beyond Sweet 2009

"[Szepsy] helped show that Tokaj can produce good dry wine, in addition to our sweet wines," says Peter Molnar, general manager of Patricius, which started making a dry wine from the Furmint grape in 2005 after years of producing only Aszu and other sweet wines.

Beyond Sweet 2009

Great acidity and minerality, with excellent balance and depth and a long finish.www. szepsy.hu Szepsy, Furmint, 2006

Beyond Sweet 2009