More quotes from Lazar's book.
The search for the origins of the two dominant varieties, the furmint and the harslevelu, is a favourite subject of historians and ampelologists. Some swear by the Italian origin of furmint (Formia?). Others have discovered a connection with the French word froment ( meaning hay ), and the French custom of drying the grapes on a bed of hay. The harslevelu is geneally believed to come from the accidental crossing of several domestic varieties. Both varieties occur in other Hungarian wine regions as well, and lately, even abroad."
Apparently Lazar's family owns a vineyard on Kiraly-hegy, as has his family for 6 generations.
" We still use the traditional method today: a shoot from a neighboring plant is grafted onto locally raised wild stock."
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