We are delighted to share with you the programme for the 5th Tokaj Spring and its Great Tokaj Wine Auction.
21st April 2017 Friday
14.00 Intronization ceremony Intronization of new knights of the Confrérie de Tokaj
Venue: Rákóczi Cellar, Tokaj
15.00 Official opening of the 5th Tokaj Spring
Venue: Paulay Ede Theatre, Tokaj
15.30 1st “Tokaj Fair” – presentation of Tokaj portfolio – fair and tasting.
Tokaj Renaissance Vintage Presentation. Riedel Furmint Glass Masterclass. Guided tastings in English and Hungarian: Gabriella Mészáros (AIWS), Ronn Wiegand (MS/MW)
Venue: Paulay Ede Theatre “Glass corridors”, Tokaj
15.30 Mád Vineyard Tour with Tokaj Women and Wine Association.
Venue: The Tokaj Women and Wine Shop, Mád
Friday night options
Oroszlános Wine Restaurant and Wine Hotel, Tállya
19.30 Wine dinner – cellar visit
21.00 Jazz concert: Panktastic – in the Vincellér House, Tállya
Henye Winery, Bodrogkeresztúr
19.00 In the “Keresztúr evenings” programme: concert by For You Acapella from Slovakia. Wine bar and light bites.
22nd April 2017 Saturday
10.00 Registration
Venue: World Heritage Wine Museum, Tokaj
10.30–12.00 Blind tasting of Great Tokaj Wine Auction lots
Venue: World Heritage Wine Museum, Tokaj
12.00 Revealing the lots
12.30 Lunch by Első Mádi Borház & Bisztró
Venue: Paulay Ede Theatre courtyard, Tokaj
13.30–14.30 Chance to re-taste
(revealed lots)
15.00 5th Great Tokaj Wine Auction
Venue: Synagogue, Tokaj
16.30 Return to accommodation
19.00 Gala dinner: Gusteau – focus on Botrytis
Venue: Aszú House, Mád
23rd April 2017 Sunday
10.00 Visiting the Szirmay-Waldbott mansion and “Kincsem Kastély Winery” wine tasting. Venue: Szirmay-Waldbott Mansion, Tolcsva
11.00 Vineyard tour and estate visit in the historic Kincsem vineyard
11.00-14.00 Tolcsvai Jazz Brunch.
Jazz in the garden. Modern and exciting hot and cold dishes. Dr. Emese Lovász, archaeologist and museologist, talk on wine history entitled “Hedonism under the spell of wine”.
Venue: Hélia-D Herbal House, Tolcsva.