Valley of the Beautiful Woman — Attraction in Egri járás

Szépasszony-völgy, with some 200 cellars, has been connected with the fame of Eger wines for centuries. The name of the valley is lost to legend, but some ethnographers believe that "Szépasszony" (beautiful woman) was a goddess of a pre-historic religion, similar to Venus (the goddess of love). Sacrifices were offered to her at this location.

Farmers speak of a famously beautiful woman who used to sell Eger wine in one of the cellars. According to others, the valley was named after one of the beautiful ladies of a noble villa. The origin of the name, as well as the time the first cellars were initially constructed, cannot be determined by archives.

The gem of Szépasszony-völgy are really the hundreds-year-old cellars that have been carved into the several hundred-meter thick rolite tufa. This material can be formed perfectly, and can permanently maintain wine at a temperature of 10-15°C (50-59°F). Varying amounts of mosses and noble mold found in the cellars give each carved cave a unique atmosphere, and help the mellowing of the wine and the formation of its fragrance.

Come here to taste all the amazing wines in the area and if you really like the specific winery, many have their vineyards in the countryside that you can...

The friendliest place in Hungary! There is more than one woman here: these ladies have legs; they are the wines... Which you will find if you look beyond the sweet rosey nose that dominates Eger... You will learn all about the Egri Bikavér and its alleged mytholigcal origins in Egri Vár in 1552, in the red stained beards of the defenders of Eger aginst the Turks... which turned out to not be Bulls Blood, but an almost limitless supply of beverage from below the besieged castle, keeping morale high against the invading hordes... also the Kékfrankos, no doubt named after the colour of the grape. While all the red wines here are very light, the Pinot Noirs seem to be opposite the norm... although some great specimens are to be found; also do not overlook the Syrah's and Cuvées. There are more than 30 small holdings to choose from, and if you taste enough you are bound to find some diamonds in the rough... which I will not ruin for you with a review ;-) A mandatory stop in Hungary, for current- and would-be wine lovers, in a wine district wild and unbound... bring your own containers and fill it from the barrel if you like, to your heat's content, on any budget, and enjoy it by a fire with strangers...

I saw complaints of locals that: "They don't sell glasses of wine." Now they do. Your complaints worked apparently. "This is a tourist trap for foreigners." There are quite a few of them, but most of clients speak Hungarian. "It's so expensive." Yes and no. It's 50% more expensive than an average wine bar where average Hungarians go on a regular basis, but said places are so stupidly cheap, that I still wouldn't call it expensive. Hungarians drink wine like beer, so imagine your pint going from $3 to $5, because your local bar looks now like high key restaurant. "There are too many people there." Opening hours beg to differ. To spend there whole day you need to start in one place that opens early and move to another that's open until late evening. And if you disagree, go and buy one of cellars with "elado" written on it and make a fortune on endless torrent of Poles brought here by one bus after another. "Gentrification" is a fashionable word these days and many want to join this movement, but the fact is that that all people working in Szépasszonyvölgy was wonderful and very...