Sopron wine region ( hu, Soproni borrégió) is one of the seven larger wine regions of
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
, consisting of only one wine region ''(Soproni borvidék)''. It is linked to the neighbouring
Burgenland
Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...
in
Austria
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from a geographical, cultural and viticultural point of view. It is mainly a red wine-producing region, the main variety of which is
Kékfrankos. Wine production dates back to
Roman times
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.
Wine regions
References
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Wine regions of Hungary
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