3 exhibitors' fun facts of Winelovers X trade tasting on 9 June

Winelovers Wine Awards is not only an international wine competition, but a complex platform with several side events, one of them is Winelovers X, a trade tasting on 9 June. The venue is the hotel of the wine competition, Ensana Thermal Hotel in the charming Margaret Island. Are you a wine professional? This tasting is worth an escape in the green heart of Budapest! Entrance is free of charge for the members of the wine trade.  The first 15 exhibitors are revealed.
 

Date and time: 9 June 2026, 15.00–19.00
Venue: Ensana Thermal Hotel, Margaret Island, Budapest, Hungary
How to register? In case you are a member of the wine trade (wine merchant, importer, buyer, sommelier, restaurant manager etc.), write an email to info@winelovers.hu. Besides your name and profession, please, provide your workplace and your position. Our colleagues will reply shortly.
Exhibitors: 15 names are announced and some more is coming soon, we plan to have 50 exhibitors. See the list here.
 

1. Do you know that Antinori estate is Europe's most admired winery? 

Just check out this list! And did you know that Antinori has an estate in Hungary? Tűzkő Estate is located in the hilly Tolna wine region, and they have a wide range of wines from the crispy Grüner Veltliner to the complex red flagship blend, Tűzkő Domb. The winery has won The Best Chardonnay trophy at the first edition of our contest.
More about Tűzkő Estate
 

2. Have you ever tasted a blend created by AI?

Kancellár SomlAI was selected the best white wine of Concours Mondial de Bruxelles – an incredible success for a Hungarian white wine. When a wine comes from the volcanic Somló, our smallest wine region, in Hungarian we can say it is ‘somlói’ or, in a bit rural or archaic way we can say it is ‘somlai’. However, the capital letters ‘AI’ clearly refer to Artificial Intelligence, with reason. It is a result of a pioneering experience: the owner’s son entered all the data of the grapes in ChatGPT, and the programme responded with 22 pages, giving instructions regarding the proportion of the wines in the blend. The result is a Furmint-based blend with Hárslevelű, Juhfark and a hint of Cserszegi Fűszeres.
More about Kancellár Estate


3. Can you imagine a vivid black market, literally under the ground in the gloomy communist era?

Gluck Estates winery from Etyek can tell the story, and much more. The state-of-the-art winery has a blog full of interesting facts and ideas, and the winemaker is eager to tell you all the secrets of his winemaking. What is more, Gluck Estates won The Best Szürkebarát (Pinot Gris) at the latest edition of Winelovers Wine Awards! And Gluck Estates winery is one of the few fully-kosher wineries in Europe. 
More about Gluck Estates

 
A wine professional tasting Kancellár Somlai last year at Winelovers X

 
Are you looking for gorgeous red wines from Villány, the only "Mediterranean" Hungarian wine region? Streit Zagonyi will be there!