alcohol industry news
Feb 16 '10
Campaign Promise to Dilute Ban on Home Pálinka Distilling Receives Mixed Reactions
If it wins the upcoming elections as most believe it will, Fidesz will partially lift the ban on the private distilling of pálinka, Kossuth Rádió reports. The law would be modified to allow people to make an as-yet unannounced...
Nov 20 '07
Government to Pour Funds into Magyar Moonshine Promotion
Next year Ft 150 million - three times as much money as this year - will be provided from the central budget for pálinka marketing both in Hungary and abroad, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development József Gráf announced. According...
Oct 25 '07
Cartel Charges Leveled at Hungarian Winemakers
It wasn't a great vintage for most winemakers in Hungary, but for a few, 2007 may leave even more of a nasty hangover, thanks to an inquest by the competition authority into price fixing, reports news portal Origo's business column...
Sep 27 '07
Drive Away Those Autumn Blues at the Pálinka Promenade
There is a bit of a nip in the air, so wrap up warm if you want to go on a romantic stroll and enjoy the majestic views of Buda and Pest. Or drop down to the Dunakorzó, the "promenade"...
Sep 20 '07
Booze News: The Sneaky Entrance of Hungary's Second Black Demon
Anyone thinking Unicum was Hungary's undisputed black demon would have been right - at least until Soproni's Fekete Démon beer mysteriously slunk onto supermarket shelves. Not only is the new black deamon dark in name and color, it also...
May 29 '07
No Excuses As Agárdi Pálinka Goes Tropical
As we discovered at the Zwack factory a few weeks back, it takes a gruelling afternoon of tasting to identify the subtle nuances of pálinka, and to even begin to recognize all the different flavors. Because although official, EU-approved definitions...
May 11 '07
You'll Want to Chase This Gulyás With a Whole Lot of Unicum
As our sister site Pestiside.hu reported back in March, the makers of Hungarian "national" liquor Unicum are using a zany new "viral" video campaign to market the potent herbal tipple in America, and other lands beyond Hungary. Above is...
May 02 '07
Booze News (III): I'm Sándor, and I'll Be Your Bartender Tour Guide Today
Today's news about booze concludes with a quick peek at the Zwack Unicum Heritage Visitors Centre, which we recently toured with the guidance of none other than Sándor Zwack (above), one of the youngest members of the family that...
May 02 '07
Booze News (II): Hungarian Competitors Come First, Last in "Battle of the Breezers"
In addition to all the wine, beer and hard liquor that Hungarians power through, there is also a growing market for what are officially known as szénsavas, alkoholtartalmú frissítőitalok ("carbonated, alcoholic refreshing drinks"). We say "officially," because there seem...
May 02 '07
Booze News (I): Court Decides This Bud's for Hungary
When it comes to beer, Hungary and the nearby Czech Republic have always had an troubled relationship. To be blunt, the Czechs make superior sör, and seem to enjoy rubbing Magyars' noses it in. Which may explain the seemingly spiteful...
