My childhood was pretty much like any other small child's, who lived in Europe with his parents. Abroad, I considered Hungarian culture, language, and everything connected to my country important, and I never refused to give it up. This is also the case with wine. I gave my all I could to make Hilltop Neszmély as excellent as possible. Wine is more than a commodity for me. Every day I feel that it is a uniquely exciting and unrepeatable thing that has a face, as I know and love it well, I appreciate the people who make it, and it also includes the knowledge of those who have been vineyards and winemakers for thousands of years. I know the terroir where it comes from, where it is born, and I am doing my best to make more and more people know and love the way we love our wines. This is all I want. Or one more, but it's kind of personal. My son and I once translated Nicolas Jolie’s book on biodynamic viticulture from English in a single weekend. Since then, I have had a desire to gradually implement ecological, holistic and ethical viticulture in Neszmély that adapts to the vibrations of nature. One day, maybe it will work.

My big favorites are Tokaji Aszú and Sauvignon Blanc. In the course of my work, I have been able to follow the tremendous development of Hungarian winemaking and the wine culture of consumers over the past 20 years. I am very glad that Hilltop and within the company personally I was able to contribute to the fact that wine is now a national treasure in Hungary as well, and the importance of the sector has grown so far. For me, wine means this tremendous development and this pride.

Already in high school, we went to harvest a lot of different types of grapes on the Meleges Hill in Neszmély. The love for the wines had already begun there, as I knew the divine juices made from the grapes there by Hilltop. I really wanted to get to know and live the life of a large-scale winemaking, that was my goal, my dream, and after 10 years as a winemaker, my commitment to wines, creative winemaking and the pursuit of development have been moving forward ever since. Every harvest holds a new surprise for wines, and over the years, discovering the secret becomes a passion, a profession, and I can practice that profession in a place with beautiful endowments. This is invaluable to me.

As a student, I worked at Hilltop in the summer, hence the love of the profession, so there was no question which university I should go to further after graduation. After graduating, they were happy for me to return to the company. I like to go to wine competitions to judge wine, it's good to see how the farmers and small wineries in the area are developing, in addition to the big wineries, both in viticulture and winemaking. I prefer the open wine competitions, where the producers can taste the items waiting to be scored with us, so through the examples we can discuss what to look for in the processing, winemaking and wine handling, how they can make even better wines, raising the reputation of the Neszmély Wine Region. . My favorite Hilltop wine is the 2020 Hilltop Chardonnay. Elegantly glittering lemon-yellow color, its vivid aroma immediately reflects the buttery typical of the world variety, together with fresh southern fruits, pineapple, banana, grapefruit and besides there is ripe peach in its taste. It is characterized by fine acids and a long finish.