Balaton wine region

Balaton wine region

Wine region
Official name	Balatoni borrégió
Country	Hungary
Sub-regions	Badacsony, Balatonboglár, Balaton-felvidék, Balatonfüred-Csopak, Nagy-Somló, Zala
Total area	32075 ha[1]
Size of planted vineyards	10718 ha[1]
Varietals produced	olaszrizling[2]

Balaton wine region^[3] is one of the seven larger wine regions of Hungary. It consists of six wine regions: Badacsony, Balatonboglár, Balaton-felvidék, Balatonfüred-Csopak, Nagy-Somló and Zala. Its wine regions are spread around Lake Balaton;^[1] with these areas having constituted one single wine region back to the 19th century.^[4] Wine production was started at the beginning of the 1st century by the Romans.^[1] The region is known for its specific white wines showing local particularities; its most widely grown variety is olaszrizling.^[2]

Wine regions

Wine region	Area
	Total[1]	1st class	Planted[1]
Badacsony wine region	4200	3642	1600
Balatonboglár wine region	9980	8156	3200
Balaton-felvidék wine region	5200	?	1300
Balatonfüred-Csopak wine region	6350	5792	2150
Nagy-Somló wine region	1142	886	600
Zala wine region	6100	4107	1600

References

1. "Balaton wine region". House of Hungarian Wines. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
2. "Borrégió" (in Hungarian). Vinopédia. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
3. "62/2006. (IX. 7.) FVM rendelet a Balatoni Borvidéki Régió szabályzatáról (A jogszabály 2012.12.16-án hatályos állapota)" (in Hungarian). Complex Hatályos Jogszabályok Gyűjteménye. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
4. "Magyarország borrégiói" (in Hungarian). borportal.hu. 2004. Retrieved 27 December 2012.