Problem Tokaj Wine Road and marketing of wine ugrian Podhorie / Hegyalja / Zemplén Hills and is still open. Also pending is the extent of exports Hungary, since the second half of the 18 century Tokaj wines, not only to Poland and Russia, but also in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, England and other European countries. Studying our archives free royal cities gives the truth to those who export wine from Hungary Zemplén foothills and mountains in Poland already included in the last third of the 15th century. As well as the beginnings of wine exports from Hungary to Russia, this area can be classified into CONCLUSIONS 16 century. Its heyday, however, was associated with a 65-year activity of the Commission for the importation of wines from the Tokaj foothills from 1733 to 1798. By the end of the 15th century was dominated in the export of wine from Syrmia ie the territory between the lower Danube and the Savoy, which enjoyed greater popularity than the mountains / Tokay /.
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Tokaj wine region is situated in the Lower Zemplín in the northeastern corner of Slovakia. It follows a growing area, most of which are located in Hungary. This area is also the smallest and most attractive wine-growing region of Slovakia. It consists of the southern slopes of the Zemplén hills planted with vines after two millennia. They belong to her village Bara, Čerhov, Blacks, Little Tŕňa, Slovak New City, United Tŕňa and Viničky.
Tokay area is one of the few areas in the world where grapes can be grown for the production of naturally sweet wines. The Tokaj wine is said to be the elixir of eternal youth. Generally, the wines of Tokaj claims to have medicinal properties. The beginnings of viticulture in the area are known from the period of domination of the Romans, when the region was part of Pannonia. After the fall of the Roman Empire continued to grow grapes Slavs. Large merits in the development of viticulture in this area are attributed to the Italian settlers in the 13th and 14 century, who brought a new production here of experience, but also on variety Furmint Tokaj wine.
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Tokaj region 
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