Somló

The wines of Somló, exclusively white, are made out of the grape varieties Hárslevelű, Furmint, Juhfark, Welschriesling, Traminer and Chardonnay.

While traditionally the region consisted of large vineyards of rich aristocrats and religious institutions including the Archabbey of Pannonhalma, now it is predominantly small plots, many of them belonging to part-time or hobby vintners, that rule the landscape.

Its wine figures as medicine in old Hungarian pharmacopeias (Vinum Somlaianum omni tempore sanum).

In the eighteenth-nineteenth century, Habsburg emperors/kings of Austria and Hungary, especially Maria Theresia and Joseph II are claimed to have favored Somló wines.

According to old, widespread but unsubstantiated lore, drinking Somló wine makes the conception of male children more likely.