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Drinks

Hungarian palinka

Hungarians enjoy a good, strong dram. Fruit brandy  (Hungarian palinka) aids the digestion after a sometimes...

PÁLINKA – THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL SPIRIT – „Medicine in small portion, remedy in a bigger one”

There are no people in Hungary in whom the word "pálinka" does not bring up a pleasant experience, but...

Szicsek pálinka: From the small soda plant to the state-of-the-art still

The products of the Szicsek Distillery can be recognized easily by the pálinka-lovers. No, not because of the...


PÁLINKA – THE HUNGARIAN NATIONAL SPIRIT „Medicine in small portion, remedy in a bigger one”

There are no people in Hungary in whom the word "pálinka" does not bring up a pleasant experience, but...

Unicum

"That is unique," was supposedly the cry raised by Joseph II, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary in 1790,...

Palinka

Kecskemét is famous for its barack pálinka (apricot palinka), or apricot schnapps. Its high quality is due...


Spritzer wine

A foreign visitor once noted with surprise that wine at the court of the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus...