Hummel

The Hummel Winery in Villány, Hungary was founded in 1998 by Horst Hummel.
It has 7.5 ha of vineyards with the varieties Portugieser, Kékfrankos (Lemberger, aka Blaufränkisch), Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Hárslevelü and Furmint come from leased land. Traminer is produced from purchased grapes.

The farm has been managed according to the rules of chemical-free viticulture since 2008. Since 2016, we have been using holistic preparations in the vineyards. Since 2020, the farm has been managed according to the rules of Natural Synergetic Winegrowing developed by Horst Hummel. He has even written a book about this, and this includes even playing frequencies to the wine barrels, to remove mouseyness in wine?!?!? Video coming soon!

The white wines are fermented on the skins for 3-20 days, depending on the variety, and then matured on the lees in vats or in used barriques. The red wines are fermented in open fermentation vats with mild extraction and then matured on the lees in tanks or in used oak barrels of different ages and provenance. The wines mature for up to two years, depending on the variety.