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Wine makers celebrate their crop at the Pálava wine harvest festival
Rubrika: Wine
5 7 2010Folklorists prepare their folk costumes, wine makers keep an eye on their vineyards and musicians practise hard. Everything must be prepared for the Pálava wine harvest festival which takes place in Mikulov from 10 to 12 September. The king himself will come to check this year’s harvest.
- Autor: Svatava Rudolfová
- Tagy: Burčák, Mikulov, Traditions, Wine tasting
This variety of red wine is harvested later at the time of wine harvest. Rubinet, originally called Tintet is a cross of Revolta, Alibernet and André grapes.
The vines grow abundantly and are of an upright growth with sparsely leaved branches. The leaves are shiny and of a pentagonal shape. The bunches of grapes are of a medium size and thickly branched. The actual grape is small to medium in size, elliptical with dark blue almost black skin. The pulp and juice are of a strong colour. Rubinet makes the grapes go darker quite early in the season but the grapes are left on the vines till mid October to lose their acidity.
- Autor: Michaela Cibulková
- Tagy: Rubinet
Oldest winery in the Lednice-Valtice area
Rubrika: Wine
14 12 2009When we say Valtice and a winery, those who know something about wine will immediately think of the oldest and most prestigious winery of the Czech Republic and former Czechoslovakia – the company Vinné sklepy Valtice.
- Autor: Svatava Rudolfová
- Tagy: Traditions, Valtice, Wine tasting
Wine salon of the Czech Republic
28 9 2009The lovers of wine can not simply pass through Lednice-Valtice area without stopping at the wine tasting exposition of the Wine Salon of Czech Republic at the Valtice chateau. This exhibition of Czech viticulture introduces the best 100 wines that were awarded with the title-label “Wine salon of the Czech Republic.” National competition of Moravian and Czech wines “Wine salon of the Czech Republic” is the top, most reputable, highest wine competition in the Czech Republic and it tops the system of other nominating competitions.
- Autor: Michaela Cibulková
- Tagy: Lednice, Traditions, Valtice, Wine tasting
Vintage in Czech Republic
Rubrika: Wine
18 9 2009The celebration of wine harvest comes to Moravia with first Burčák (young, slightly fermented wine). The wine harvest of Pálava is one of the most famous ones. The people of Mikulov celebrate their rich harvest from their vineyards, the arrival of autumn but also the 600 year-old-tradition.
People had their first celebration in the square as far back as in 1403 when the lord of Mikulov, John of Lichtenstein, liberated the Czech king Wenceslas IV, the son of king Charles IV from his captivity in Vienna. The arrival of the king was then boisterously celebrated. And it is still celebrated today. The wine harvest of Pálava stands for three days of Burčák, wine, singing and happy crowds.
- Autor: Michaela Cibulková
- Tagy: Lednice, Lichtensteins, Traditions, Valtice, Vintage, Wine tasting
St. Martin’s food festival
Rubrika: Wine
1 9 2009St. Martin, arriving on a white horse and 11 November are symbolical not just for its first snow but in present days mainly for its first glass of St. Martin’s wine. Moravian and Czech wine makers have continued with the old tradition of paying labourers and extending their work contracts. Doing so they very successfully managed to crush the offensive of French wine makers and their Beaujolais. And why on 11th? It is apparently the same crazy number as is the young wine.
St. Martin’s wine is only permitted to be made of designated types of Valtelina Early Red and Müller Thurgau grapes for white wines and St. Laurent’s and Blue Portugal grapes for rose and red wines. And those who want to be certified to sell these wines must comply with strict quality criteria, controlled by the Viticulture Committee of the Czech Republic.
- Autor: Michaela Cibulková
- Tagy: Lednice, Traditions, Wine tasting
Wine themed events 2009 and 2010
Rubrika: Wine
1 9 2009Click to this post title for opening wine themed events.
- Autor: František Schultz
- Tagy: Traditions, Valtice, Wine tasting
Burčák, old men’s lemonade
Rubrika: Wine
1 9 2009Is there anything that is specific and exceptional for the region of South Moravia? Of course there is. It is Burčák (young, slightly fermented wine). Only here, except of Moravian Austrian border region in Austria, people enjoy this drink, which is an intermediate product during wine production. It is a drink which is slightly cloudy, of sweeter taste and strong flavour, resembling particular grape type with alcohol contents from one to seven percent. Burčák is most commonly made of white wine grapes but it also tastes excellent when made of red wine varieties.
- Autor: Michaela Cibulková
- Tagy: Lednice, Wine tasting
South Moravia
V srdci Evropy, v kraji vína a tradičních zvyků České republiky, se nachází krásné a malebné prostředí největšího lužního útvaru v Evropě okolo řeky Dyje a je jako stvořené pro dovolenou a odpočinek. Krásná část jižní Moravy je bývalé Lichtenštejnské panství mezi obcí Lednice a Valtice, který je chráněn UNESCO.
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