Top 10 Emerging Wine Regions

• Introduction
• 1. British Columbia: Okanagan Valley
• 2. Hungary: Villány and Szekszárd
• 3. India: Nashik
• 4. Israel: Upper Galilee and Golan Heights
• 5. Mexico: Guadalupe Valley
• 6. New York: East End, Long Island
• 7. Portugal: Douro Valley
• 8. Tasmania: The Tamar, Derwent, Huon, and Coal River Valleys
• 9. Uruguay: Colonia
• 10. Virginia: Charlottesville

Hungary: Villány and Szekszárd

The land: Hungary’s wine regions, within a few hours’ drive of Budapest, boast quaint villages, baroque castles, whitewashed winepress houses, and famed thermal waters.

Why it’s hot: The southwestern regions of Villány and Szekszárd have a sub-Mediterranean climate that provides more consistent growing conditions than Bordeaux – on the same latitude – producing exemplary Cabernet Sauvignons and Merlots.

Wineries to watch: Takler, Tiffán, Bock, and Gere.

Lodging pick: Stay at the Count Apponyi Castle Hotel in Hogyész, a converted 18th-century hunting lodge and spa. (Approximately 2 and a half hours by train and 2 hours by car from Budapest; 011-36-74-588-800; rooms from $145)

Take it home: Heritage Cuvée from Takler

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