Wine cellars-Wine-making-Wine regions - Dr. Ferenc Janky, Csilla Kérey

Viticulture and winemaking are part of our culture, our history and our future, our national treasure. It teaches us to respect nature, living things and inanimate creations, helps us to recover lost values, teaches us moderation and patience.

The book presents the wine cellars and press houses of a particular wine region, and shows how to transform or renovate an existing cellar into a wine-making and wine storage space.

You can learn about the different techniques used to make different types of wine (white, rosé, red) and finally, you can learn about the different wine regions of Hungary and the grape varieties that are typical of them. This last chapter is almost an invitation to visit these special landscapes and, of course, to admire the examples of vernacular architecture presented at the beginning of the book.

The book is an excellent guide for anyone who wants to get a taste of the art of winemaking.


From the contents:

Buildings of viticulture and winemaking in folk architecture
The basic types of traditional cellars
The traditional traditional wine cellars
The basic types of cellars
The press cellars
Short history of viticulture
Materials used in traditional cellar construction
Geological and petrological properties of the subsoil
The stone
Burnt brick
Wood
Lime
Historical overview of structures used in the construction of cellars
The foundation
The walls
Slab structures
Insulation
The roof
The vents
The opening structures
The floor

The two most delicate points in basement construction: waterproofing and ventilation
Classification of underground water
Waterproofing of structures in contact with the ground
Options for keeping moisture out
Waterproofing of existing structures
Ventilation, how natural air exchange works

Design of a wine storage room
Making existing cellars underneath buildings suitable for wine storage
Humidity
Temperature
Noise
Vibration
Light
Odours
Engineering solutions

Renovation and extension of old vaulted cellars
Structural problems
Damage to masonry structures
Damage to wooden structures
Waterproofing problems
Thermal insulation problems
Ventilation problems
Damage to stones, stone structures
Other problems encountered during extension or conversion

Wine-making equipment, technology and premises
Wine-making equipment
Technology, equipment and premises for making white wines
Technology, equipment and premises for making rosé wine
Technology, equipment and premises for making red wine
Winery premises and their functional layout
Premises of the winery
Layout of the premises of the winery
Handling of by-products and waste from wine-making

Wine regions of Hungary
Csongrád wine region
Hajós-Baja wine region
Kunság wine region
Wine-growing region of Ászár-Neszmély
Badacsony wine region
Balatonfüred-Csopak wine region
Balaton-Highlands wine region
Etyek-Buda wine region
Móri wine region
Pannonhalma-Sokoróalja wine region
Somló wine region
Sopron wine region
Balatonboglár wine region
Pécs wine region
Szekszárd wine region
Villány wine region
Bükkkalja wine region
Eger wine region
Mátra Valley wine region
Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region
Balatonmelléke wine region
Tolna wine region

Old Hungarian units of measurement

Literature used