#tokaji

[amp-whisky]

[wineworldnews]

The neglected nectar of sweet Tokaji wines

The neglected nectar of sweet Tokaji wines | Henry Jeffreys | The Critic Magazine

Bem József Street in the town of Tokaj was once the Hungarian equivalent of the Avenue de Champagne in Épernay.

[moon--meeks]

Trying to make any sort of conversation about food fantasy is wild because I was talking about the new event in a friend discord server an I said do you think torta caprese and tokaji have explored each other's bodies and the friends who saw that message an didn't play were flabbergasted by that arrangement of words

[paperandsong]

Jonathan Harker, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, 1897

Christine Daaé, Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera, 1909

Oh how interesting! Both Count Dracula and Erik find Tokaji a wine fit for serving their prisoners - I mean - esteemed guests. And chicken too! 

I’m not so sure this is just a coincidence. While Dracula was written too late for Erik to have read it, Leroux almost certainly read it and made this reference to it in his own novel published twelve years later. It would have been fun if Erik had been overtly trying to emulate Count Dracula to impress or frighten Christine, but it’s just as fun to think Leroux dresses Erik in references to gothic literature to impress and frighten us, the readers.   

The Tokay and lack of appetite plus the coffin bed make a strong case for Leroux stanning Stoker: 

The Count has his coffin-home and Erik has his open coffin under a canopy like the drama queen we love: 

Tokaji or Tokay is a sweet wine from the Tokaj region of Hungary and Slovakia.  Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) is an ancient city on the Baltic Sea. It used to be part of Prussia. Then Germany. It is currently part of Russia. I assume that by the “Königsberg cellars” he meant the cellar of the Königsberg Castle. It definitely had wine cellars and, even though it isn’t anywhere near the Tokaj, it probably had wine from all over the world. This detail seems a little random, but again, Teixeira’s translation fails us!

In the original French, the bizarre reason Erik gives for taking wine from the cellars of Königsberg is that “Falstaff sometimes frequented” them. I don’t know Verdi’s Falstaff well enough to know if this is true, or has any importance to the opera. This could all just be a big inside joke between Leroux and his opera and wine loving friends.

Imagine Erik creeping around this old castle just to steal some wine. Sadly, this castle is no more. It was bombed in 1944 and the ruins were later destroyed by the Soviets. 

Thanks to @phannah--montana​ for pointing out the Tokay in Dracula and letting me write a whole essay about it.

[airisu7425]

Decoding Spy x Family references:

Hugaria = Hungary

Obda = Óbuda

Kalpatia = Kárpátia

Tokar = Tokaj(i)

It was extremely entertaining to see this whole scene - after Berlint, Trabants and Wartburgs, now we have all these Hungarian references.

Fun facts: Hungária is also used for Hungary/Magyarország by some Hungarians (usually chanted at sports events ‘Ria-Ria-Hungária’). Óbuda is actually part of Budapest: on the Buda side, it is basically the 3rd district. And after Code Geass, we have another famous (and delicious) Hungarian wine: Tokaji from the Tokaj region.

The stew must be ‘gulyás(leves)’ or as known in other countries: goulash (which is actually not a stew but rather a soup).

A restaurant called Kárpátia does exists - it is 142 years old!

Last but not least - the closest element to reality in the picture of the city is the Chain bridge (currently under renovation and it has just made an appearance in another anime) but I think some of the building shown must refer to Vajdahunyad Castle, the Parliament and the Matthias Church.

[spyxfamilyxmusings]

SO

Aside from the characters and story, one of the reasons I love SpyxFam so much is the setting of cold war Europe. My mom was born and raised behind the iron curtain of Czechoslovakia so it’s a little close to home, and she appreciates the scenery of landscape shots (they remind her of Prague). 

But one little thing I CANNOT get over is this scene from chapter 12 

Yuri is talking about his “trip” to “Hugaria” and when he pulls out this bottle of wine

I FREAKED OUT BIG TIME BECAUSE, IT’S REAL

Now, the fact that Tatsuya Endo went out of his way to find a real wine is cool enough, but he went with TOKAJ. The reason I freak out over this so much is (without getting into politics because it’s quite messy, and I’m not strictly native,) because this is a wine that is made in both Hungary and Slovakia! I just appreciate little things like this a lot, and thought it’d be fun to share.

[budapestbug]

The liquid gold of Hungary Tokaj wine route is in the maybe most famous historical wine region of Hungary, its fame long predated this distinction because it is the origin of Tokaji aszu, the world’s oldest botrytized wine. http://www.budapestdaytrips.com/winetasting-tours-in-budapest-and-hungary/private-winetasting-tour-to-tokaj/

[shibasommelier]

2015 Disznókó Tokaji Dry Furmint

Been feeling a little under the weather lately so trying to cheer up tonight with this dry Tokaji. Apples, pears, white flowers, lemon rind, and ramune notes on the nose. Similar notes on the palate but with not-sweet ramune. Here’s to feeling better!

3/5 bones

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Furmint

13.5% abv

Tokaji, HUNGARY