17. Budapest International Wine and Champagne Festival
Date: 10.- 14. 09. 2008
15 countries 220 wine-producers and 3300 varieties of wine await guests at the wine exhibition and market in Buda Castle between the 10th and 14th of September. This year's guest region will be Sicily. The wine festival — which holds first rank importance in Central Europe and is Hungarian wine's most prominent marketing opportunity — has seen its number of visitors in recent years total some 70 thousand people. The setting, Buda Castle, is a UNESCO World Heritage site, which complements and adds magic to Hungarian Wine's celebrations.
In Buda Castle, between the 10th and 14th of September the cream of Hungarian wine-makers' wine will be on offer. Amongst the many national Hungarian wines represented are many regional varieties and vitners, both well-known and less well-known. Additionally the wine festival provides guests a gastronomic event offering grilled food, farm-style soups cooked over open fires, display kitchens, savoury scones, traditional country-style 'töki pompos' dough bread with ewe, goat and dairy cheeses. Savoury wine snacks and other delicacies.
The Wine school will be open between the 8th and 10th of September from 16.00-19.00 hours at the home of the Hungarian Cultural Foundation (Budai Vár. Szentháromság tér 6.).
The wine harvest's colourful vintage procession is planned for Saturday, September the 13th. During the wine exhibitions and market, from September the 10th to the 14th gastronomic days will also be held within Buda Castle.
The photography exhibition will be at the Hungarian National Gallery, in building 'A' between Spetember 10-28, 2008.
The wine harvest's get-together at the Skanzen in Szentendre will be on September 8-10 from 16-19 hours 2008 at the Szabadtéri Ethnic Museum.
The charity wine auction will be at the History of War Museum on September the 18th. An evening dinner is included in the charity auction where, between courses, the guests can sample wines from the producers and place their bids or register their interest.
The Wine Festival's closing event will be a gala concert on September the 19th in the Palace of Fine Arts' Bartók Béla music hall with Erika Miklósa and the Óbuda Danubia Orchestra, in cooperation with Attila Dolhai.
- Conductor: Ádám Medveczky
- Weber: "Der Freischütz" (The Marksman) - overture
- Dvorak — Rusalka's Aria /in I part/
- Verdi — Rigoletto: Gilda's Aria /in I part/
- Delibes — Lakamé: The Bell Song (Air des clochettes) /in II parts/
- Csajkovszkij: Italian capriccio
- Gershwin: An American in Paris
- Porgy és Bess: Clara's lullaby /Summertime/
- Bernstein — Candide: Kunigunda's song
- West Side Story: detail
