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Villány, Hungary
Has anyone been to Vill?ny? I'm planning to do a day or two of wine touring in that area next month, because I really like their reds, but I'm worried about the language barrier, since I really like to talk to the winemakers as much as to taste the wine. Do you think it will it be a problem? Is there a guide or small group you could recommend? Are there some wineries you would recommend over others?
K?sz?n?m!
Re: Villány, Hungary
I can only really speak to one of your questions, which is do I think it will be a problem. Yes. I spent a semester in Budapest in late 2007, and found that most people did not speak English, and many that did spoke it at a pretty basic level. Not to knock them, but it will be hard to carry out a conversation. It's possible things have changed, or this area is really touristy (although I'd think they are more well known for their Tokaj wines), but that's been my experience in Budapest, anyway.
I think that your best bet is to google and look for tours. If that doesn't work, try to find wineries with a website in English.
This website made Bock look like a good one: http://visitbudapest.travel/wineries-in-hungary/bock-winery/
But then when you go to Bock's pages, they only have their website in Hungarian and German. http://bock.hu/pince/
So hopefully you can find a few wineries that seem to at least try to cater to English-speaking people. You can try a phrase book, but Hungarian is very different from English and other Slavic languages in the area, so you may not get too much out of the tour if you rely on that.
I know this isn't super helpful, but I just wanted to let you know that you really should try to find some English-speaking wineries in advance, otherwise you could end up just anywhere and not have the experience you were hoping for.
Thanks for the input! I was hoping to convince one of my wine-loving Hungarian friends to play tour guide for us, but he's actually going to be in Norway while we're in Hungary! Maybe I can convince one of my other friends from Budapest to come along!
I'll start looking into tours, but so many wine tours are so commercial that it always makes me hesitate.