Also, thanks to European Union funds in the Tokay area Viničky built advanced processing and manufacturing plant to produce best quality wines.

In traditional open days will be 27th Tokaj Wine Cellars September 2008 in Viničky inaugurated modern production plant on the highest quality grapes and producing Tokaj wines in central Europe. It is part of a new manufacturing, agro-tourism complex, which since November 2005, the company builds Tokay Viničky, Ltd. called Tokay Viničky manufactory. The company processed Tokaj grapes and the manufacture, sale and distribution of Tokaj wine.

Godfather of this important project, which as a business plan yet born in 2000, is a businessman Štefan Duč, a native of the village Bara Tokaj and the manager of the company Viničky Tokay, Ltd. From Viničky village, one of seven municipalities Slovak Tokay wine region (the Council of Ministers of the EU General Affairs Council finally acknowledged her April 29, 2008), bought 44 ha of land erosion in vineyards on which the previous landlord cared. It was a great time in Slovakia-Hungarian settlement on brand recognition and Slovakian Tokaj Tokaj in the total area of 907 hectares, it was not certain whether these hony are internationally recognized as part of the historic area of Tokay. Nevertheless, in 2001-2003, has invested in rehabilitation of old vineyards and cleaning Honová.

Investments for 400 million dollars
His dream of building a small "Tokaj empire, where the grapes are grown in one place and now the process, began to meet in 2005. "After the dispute over the recognition of Slovakian Tokaj brand was already certain that the hony Viničky are part of the historical and internationally recognized Tokay area, which once divided the only state border between the Slovak and Hungarian. That's why I have succeeded in the administration of two projects for the use of European funds. One of them, worth 56 million dollars has helped us to establish 44 hectares of new vineyards and purchase modern equipment, the second worth 108 million dollars again to build a new processing and manufacturing plant for new vineyards with Italian technology, "said Stefan us Duc, who is also director Wine-growing companies by Viničky, p. r. o. That the zrekultivovaných growing honoch vysadila specially bred varieties of Tokaj three basic varieties: Furmintu, Lipovina nutmeg and amber, which include French antiviral genes, ensuring greater resistance to disease and mildew.

The total investment value exceeded 400 million Slovak crowns, the European Union has contributed nearly 40 percent (through the Sectoral Operational Program Agriculture and Rural Development). In addition, EU funds help to Liechtenstein Anstalt company Estazur which owns 65% shares of the company Viničky Tokay, Ltd. Mr Duc owns 20% and the remaining 15% of the Hungarian Zoltán Hegedüs partner. In the history of the Tokay the biggest investment so far.

Tokaj wine is born in the vineyards
"Quality Tokaj wine is born in the vineyards, where the expense of quantity we concentrate our attention to the maximum quality inputs - grapes. At one roof Viničná therefore leaves up to 6 bunches of grapes. The second phase is to achieve high quality wines of several years of aging in traditional tufaceous Tokaj cellars, "says Beata Marcinová, operating manager of the new complex. As we also informed the entire Tokaj region and its rich rock substratum, represented primarily ryolitmi, andesites, tufytmi are the result of the operation and supply neovulkanického Tokaj one of its typical characteristics. "Recurrent volcanic activity and rapid cooling of hot lava created the characteristic Viničky Vitreous rocks, t. j. volcanic glass - obsidian, perlite, smolok. These rocks have a unique representation in Slovakia, where obsidian talking about a unique occurrence, "he explains.

Another feature of this field is its specific climate, which is continental in nature with high temperature differences between summer and winter and day and night. It is these differences in temperature, volcanic subsoil, which absorbs the heat during the day and at night he submitted to the vineyard to protect it, and long, sunny autumn morning fog is accompanied by the prerequisite for the creation noble mold Botrytis cinerea person. The result of the interaction of these factors are unique Tokaj wine. "We hand-dug over 500 meters of new cellars where the wine is aged at 10 to 12 ° C and high relative humidity from 88 to 95 percent," he adds while walls of our cellar, which will also serve as a wine gallery shows unique rock fractures in tufoch.

Capacity to 800 000 liters
"In the early years will produce 300 000 liters of wine annually. Capacity options are on the border of 800 000 liters. Let's start with Furmint varietal wines, muscat Lipovina and yellow, in good years will produce spontaneous and Tokaj wine selections. The best wine is produced from the 3 to 6 - Putnová selections will mature 5 or more years in oak casks in our cellars, "he adds. Part of production - agro-tourism complex will be the guest house with 40 beds, which start in the near term. The natural amphitheater for 150 to 200 people is already under construction, like camping and picnic place in vineyards for wine lovers of hiking.

Source: Dimensions Magazine