Sajtó, hírek

John Radford
Worthing, United Kingdom

Freelance feature-writer (since 1981) and broadcaster (since 1989) with a special interest in the Mediterranean, particularly Spain, and a background in food and drink going back to 1966. Winner of nine international awards for books, editor of YES CHEF! magazine and regular contributor to wine and food publications in the UK and abroad.

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Onward, then to Mosimann's Club on West Halkin Street for the Hungarian tasting. I'd been there before but remember it rather differently from how it is now. One thing I certainly didn't remember was SIX flights of stairs to get up to the 'belfry' at the top. It's a very attractive room, sponsored by Mappin and Web, but without oxygen I was gasping for the first few minutes. The event was hosted by a new outfit called Mephisto Wine Merchants, based in Golders Green, and I found myself sitting between the feisty Lilyane Weston, a fellow wine writer, and the enigmatically beautiful and exotically named Solangela Tangarife from Mephisto. I was, of course, late and the presentations had started.


	Vinaria	2006.04.
	Österreich:Ungarn Auf Initiative der Wiener Weinhandlung In Vino Veritas luden wir zum freundschaftlichen Rotwein-Länderkampf Österreich gegen Ungarn. In der Mannschaftsaufstellung beider Nationen waren ausschließlich reinsortige Cabernets oder Rotweincuvées aus Cabernet und Merlot aus den jüngeren Jahrgängen zugelassen. Das rotweißrote Team wurde aus den besten Weinen des großen VINARIA-Rotwein-Finales (VINARIA 1/06) rekrutiert. Das Starterfeld der Magyaren stellte Zoltán Idrányi, Importeur ungarischer Weine und Geschäftsführer der Weinhandlung In Vino Veritas, zusammen. read more ...


	"Noblesse oblige" - Mathilde Hulot cikke a Flavours from France magazinban	2006 +
	La Boutique des vins á Budapest Csaba Malatinszky, Noblesse oblige read more...


	Hungary: Its Fine Wines and Winemaker	2006
	MALATINSZKY Like Pál Debreczeni and Sándor Csányi, Csaba Malatinszky is an outsider attracted to Villány by the quality of its terroir and a strong conviction that it will produce great wines. The son of a nobleman impoverished by the land grab of 1948, young Malatinszky dreamed of a fine arts career, but the direction of his life was dramatically changed as a result of taking a wine Gundel restaurant. His interest, knowledge and experience grew rapidly. An enterprising young man, he opened Budapest's first specialist retail wine shop in December 1992, and used his contacts to supply his restaurant clients with wines which they liked but which they found hard to find. He then shrewdly registered Le Sommelier as a brand name, and selected the best wines he could find to be bottled for him under that label. read more...


	La Vigne magazine	2005.09.
	From: Mathilde Hulot (download hi-res image: right click and save as...)


	Welcome To The 21st Century
	Csaba Malatinszky, who makes wine under the label Malatinszky Kúria, followed a unique career path to becoming a winemaker. First he was head sommelier at Gundel, one of Budapest's very finest restaurants. Then he opened one of Budapest's First specialized wine stores and founded his own winery in Villány, a southern region known for red wine. In his sommelier days, Malatinszky honed his palate by tasting some of the world's best wines. He was greatly influenced by his visits to French wineries. "I visited the best châteaux in Medoc, worked on the harvest and had castings," says Malatinszky. "I wasn't exactly studying winemaking at that time, but I had many impressions of Médoc." read more ...


	Decanter Special Edition	Hungary \| 2005
	"One of the most exciting producers reckons he is still seen by the locals as a young upstart. Csaba Malatinszky began his career as sommelier at Gundel - one of Budapest's top restaurants - and went on to open the first wine shop in the capital. He bought land here in 1991, attracted by the potential for the reds, and built his winery in 1997. His wines are beautifully crafted and show an elegance and finesse rarely seen in the area. His flagship Cabernet Franc is one of Hungary's finest, while he also makes an appealing if unusual blend of Cabernet and Pinot Noir, and a deliciously stylish Chardonnay. Visits to this modern and immaculate winery can be arranged by appointment, and Malatinszky speaks good English." read more...