Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
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Location
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén

Country
Hungary

Year of Research
2002

Culture
  • The cultural scenery of Tokaj graphically reveals the long tradition of wine production in this area of low hills and river valleys.
  • The complex pattern of vineyards, farms, villages and small towns, with their notable networks of deep wine cellars, demonstrates every facet of the production of the famous Tokaj wines, the quality and management of which have been strictly regulated for nearly three centuries.
  • The Tokaji wine area represents a distinct viticultural tradition that has existed for at least a thousand years and which has survived intact up to the present.
  • The entire land of the Tokaji wine region, including both vineyards and long established settlements, vividly demonstrates the specialized form of traditional land-use that it represents.