Our vineyard was established at the end of the 1980s, by the family patriarch, Tamas Gere, who recognised the opportunity - and after learning all the secrets of winemaking - decided to grow grapes.
Tamas, as a member of the Villanyi Fives, was one of the first to produce wine for retail channels which helped to establish the current reputation of Villany. In an accident during the 1998 harvest, Tamas lost his footing and fell in a container which resulted in him breaking his leg. Tamas’s son, Zsolt, had just started his last year at the Budafok Viniculture Winemaker’s Institute, when the family called him to return home to help. Although young, Zsolt met this first challenge with a huge determination, and to great success. Since then, many nice product lines adorn his name. Thanks to his long journey in winemaking combined with monitoring the market, today Zsolt makes his wines in his own uniquely recognisable style. Next to elegance and detailed richness, dynamism and youth also plays an important role when creating his wine.Using 500 litre oak barrels is becoming important in Zsolt’s evolving style. Processing the grapes and maturing the wines takes place next to Villany, 7Kms away, in Nagyharsany. The harvested grapes are transported here in plastic containers and after careful selection, the berries will be placed into the maturing containers. Maturing takes place in corrosion proof steel containers, and the red wines are placed mainly into Hungarian barrique oak barrels.
We use Hungarian Oak in most cases (from Zemplen and Mecsek) however we also have French and American oak available to use.Our Estate has 30 hectare of its own land. In addition, we also buy from an area which is under our continuous quality control checks. Our vines grow both in the Siklosi and Villany disctricts.
