Erzsébet Pince

Traditional winery

Year of establishment

1989

Area

13.80 Ha

Annual bottle count

10000

Introduction

Erzsébet Pince is a family winery founded by one of the first female winemakers in Tokaj, Elizabeth Prácser. In the year 1989 to start their own family business, Erzsébet and her husband bought a cellar in the old wine merchants’ street in the historic center of the town of Tokaj. Not just any cellar, though, but one of the region’s great historical cellars, that was dug in the 1600s, and had been rented by Russian emperors in the 1700s for storing Aszú wines purchased for the court.Erzsébet Pince produces around 1,000 cases of wine annually, all from historical grand cru and premier cru sites that were classified by Bél Mátyás in the 18th century. The Pracser family--father, mother, daughter, and son--run the estate. They take pride in the production of exceptional single-vineyard dry wines and great Aszús. All of the wines are made in small lots, from low-yielding vineyards that use sustainable and organic viticulture. Ronn Wiegand American MW and MS consults the winery.