Our wines
We promote high quality of every kind, but mainly Villa Sandahl is a wine house. We have passion and dedication to make something that differ, but also act protectively against obscure trendiness that blows hither and thither over the wine world. We offer rich, elegant and attractive wines for down to earth wine lovers, in a time when wiseacres and agitators proclaim artisan, ecologic, biodynamic and natural wines. Of course we heavily promote sustainable cultivation and non-intervene wine making, but we don't make it to the main point for our visions. Neither do we produce medals from wine contests or technology temples for pedantry and to impress.
Details about Sandahl wines
Find below clickable links to all our other wines produced since 2010. Observe, that earlier vintages use to be sold out since long. Gold means rare peaks, silver means mid ranges, and lightblue means solid grounds.
2010 | The stamp, Recept | ||
2011 | Magic rain, Cappuccino oil, Give me five | ||
2012 | Laundry hanger, Multiplexor, Rake & scoop, Elephant tap, Box fixture | ||
2013 | Count down, All of a kind, Gold standard, Secret | ||
2014 | S.O.S., m.m.s. | ||
2015 | Dry honey, Wet stones, Citrus x Limon, Bear glue, Bella sunrise, Tussilago | ||
2016 | Banana split, Chicken year, Street smart, Tie mania | ||
2017 | Ball of fame, Crystal cut, Rabbit periscope, Shop stop | ||
2018 | Oh deer, Sign up, Not yet, By the way, Dig it | ||
2019 | Birdie Num Num, Brave Birds, Starling Village, Air Dive | ||
2020 | Thor's hammer -Mjölnir-, Freya's amulet -Brisingamén-, Odin's horse -Sleipnir- | ||
2021 | Somewhere Eltz, Cottage cheese, Tent-a-tive | ||
2022 | Evergreen, Golden moments, Roses darling, Out of the Bluee | ||
2023 | Helló zsiráf, Soft feathers, Fly butter fly, Slow down |
Our wine style
We have decided to go for Riesling, with rich "new world" body, but not on the cost of elegance and subtleness. Acidity in our wines should be modest and soft, and residual sugar level should be detectable but not so much more. Higher quality wines may have a bit more acidity and a bit lower sugar.
From different vineyards and our pressing schematic, we obtain many fraction which we let ferment separately. When each is ready, we gather our tasters for "assemblage". Now we have the opportunity to blend the different wines to a market portfolio for the market, offering wines for all kind of preferences among our customers.
Our vintages
As said, Villa Sandahl is not afraid to let the vintage affect shine through. From 2010 we have had a lot of vintage characters, such as:
2010 | Cold vintage creating modest alcohol and marked acidity | ||
2011 | Hot and dry vintage creating clean and compact wines |
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2012 | Again hot and dry vintage, creating quickly maturing wines | ||
2013 | Nice weather, creating rich and powerful wines | ||
2014 | Flooding vintage, unfortunately creating hard and monotonous wines | ||
2015 | Wet and warm vintage, creating thick and soft wines | ||
2016 | Cold vintage, creating modest alcohol and quickly maturing wines | ||
2017 | Warm and early vintage, creating hot and powerful wines | ||
2018 | Normal weather, creating stylish and balanced wines | ||
2019 | Fantastic autumn, late harvest, strong and rich wines | ||
2020 | Very good summer, manageable rainfall at harvest, stylish wines | ||
2021 | Late spring, hot summer, fine autumn, rainy harvest, stylish wines | ||
2022 | Rainy and cool vintages, with very good harvest weather, rich wines | ||
2023 | Good weather and frequaent rain during summer, wet during harvest, willful wines |
For more details, just click on the desired vintage year in the left menu.
Tasting our wines
In our promo house
One of the easiest ways to taste our wines is to visit our promotion house in Badacsony. Our personnel can offer a wine tasting for maximum a dozen of persons.
Opening hours:
- During high season, daily between 15:00 and 18:00
- During spring and autumn, fridays and saturdays between 15:00 and 18:00
- During winter, closed
The tasting is offered for a small fee. Wines can also be bought after the tasting.
An appointment in good time for the tasting make it easier for us to prepare better.
By appointement we can offer wine tastings outside the specified opening hours
In Hungarian restaurants
Our wines are available in many of the best restaurants in Hungary. As we sometimes joke about this, if our wines are not on the wine menu, you have to choose a better restaurant :- ).
Search restaurants in the Budapest area by Via Michelin. This is a traditional and reliable source of information.
Search restaurants in the Budapest area by Trip Advisor. Note that luxury restaurants may get lower ranking caused by their expensive prices, but this actually means that these restaurant meals are even better.
Buying our wines
In our promo house
At the promotion house in Badacsony we have a vinothek shop, were all our wines can be bought.
Our hotel guest can of course also buy wines and consume at our terrace or in their rooms.
In Budapest
The wholesaler, retailer and shop "Wine HUB" sells our wines to hotel, restaurants and catering companies, as well as to private persons.
In Hungary
The easiest way to buy our wines in Hungary is to buy them at our Internet web shop. Observe, we are not any longer suppliers to Bortársaság.
In Sweden
In Sweden our wines can be ordered and delivered by the monopoly
Systembolaget
A new distributor will soom be used for the Swedish market.