CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Tolcsva it runs 126 km to Tolcsva; allow about 2 h 07 of riding. On the way it passes Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc, Ungvári Wine Cellar and back through Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc. It crosses from Hungary into Slovakia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. The line favours views over speed.
Tolcsva is a quiet village in the Tokaj wine region of northeastern Hungary, on the slopes of the Zemplén hills above the Bodrog river. The Oremus cellars here are among the most famous in the region: a network of tunnels cut into the volcanic rock over centuries, their walls black with the noble mould that thrives in the damp, steady cold. The estate has been owned since the 1990s by the family behind Vega Sicilia, one of Spain's most celebrated wineries, and it has become a showcase for the revival of Tokaji after the communist decades.
Read the complete Oremus Cellars write-up.
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Oremus Cellars is where the day begins. Next is Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc.
Some wine regions are famous for a grape. Tokaj is famous for rot. Here in north-eastern Hungary, where the volcanic Zemplén hills meet the Great Plain and the Bodrog flows into the Tisza, autumn mists from the rivers encourage noble rot on the grapes, shrivelling them and concentrating their sugar. The berries, picked one by one, become aszú, and the sweet wine made from them has been celebrated for centuries. A line attributed to Louis XIV calls it the wine of kings and the king of wines.
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Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc comes up about 18 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ungvári Wine Cellar.
Sátoraljaújhely is a town split in two by a river and a border. The Ronyva stream divides it into a Hungarian half and a Slovak half, Slovenské Nové Mesto, and the line became a national frontier after the First World War, when streets and gardens were cut in two. Today the border is open and easy to cross, and a pleasant walk takes you from one country to the other along the bank. The town sits at the northern tip of the Tokaj wine region, where the Zemplén hills fall to the plain, and it is a good starting point for exploring that country.
Read the complete Ungvári Wine Cellar write-up.
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about 63 km into the recorded legs you reach Ungvári Wine Cellar. Next is back through Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc, late in the day. Next is Oremus Cellars.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Oremus Cellars write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Oremus Cellars. That is the ride.
Oremus Cellars → Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc → Ungvári Wine Cellar is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ungvári Wine Cellar → back through Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landsc → Oremus Cellars is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.