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In Hungary, wine lovers know the connection between Furmint wines and February. It is safe to say that the ancient Hungarian wine won over a number of new fans, including Financial Times writer Jancis Robinson.
As we have reported earlier, Hungarians have been celebrating Furmint February for quite some time, but the ancient grape variety only conquered the United Kingdom last year, when the first Furmint February event was organised in London.
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If you are interested in how the movement of Furmint February started, you can read an elaborate article about it here.
This year, Financial Times writer Jancis Robinson attended Furmint February in London, and he focused on dry wines. He not only recommends many Hungarian wines to try, but he shares a lot of what he learnt about furmint. For example, how even though the Tokaj wine region is well-known for its sweet wines (like the beloved aszú), most of the wine producers of Tokaj now assign about half of their grapes to dry wine. Robinson describes dry furmint as: