Furmint is Hungary’s answer to other less mainstream white wines gaining prominence lately, such as Austria’s Grüner Veltliner. Most widely grown in the Tokaj-Hegyalja Wine Region, this white grape variety's name is derived from the word froment (wheat-gold color). Although traditionally used in dessert wines, Furmint is figuring more prominently in a growing array of single-varietal dries.
A great standard bearer of this trend is Patricius Winery, run by Dezso Kékessy and daughter Katinka Kékess
