Born in 1975 in Szerencs, entry gate to the Tokaj wine region, beside running his own winery, Istvan is responsible for the grape and wine production of Pendits vineyards, Orvina Ltd and Zombory Pince.
Together with the renowned winemaker Árvay János, they are the two artists behind Zombory Pince's latest Decanter and International Wine Challenge gold medal aszú wines.
In addition to his degree in enology and a Demeter certification, István is a leading expert in organic vine farming. In his own words:
“I have worked with organic grapes to a large extent, which have occasionally been used to produce organic certified wine or natural wine.
On my own estate (10 ha), the entire plantation is certified organic.
The wines are made from gently processed organic grapes. No enzymes or yeast are used in the processing. Our wines are made by spontaneous fermentation, in most cases in oak barrels.
Our wines are bottled soon, without filtration or clarification, and with low sulphur levels. In the future, this will move away from conventionally made wines.
My aim is to make wines with as little intervention as possible, and through them to present the landscape in as much detail as possible through dry wines. I am thinking here mainly of vineyard selected wines.
In terms of sweet wines, I work to provide evidence of the world quality of Tokaji Aszú
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