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Boron Elgar
 
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Default Blood wine

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:50:22 +0200, (Victor Sack)
wrote:

>Boron Elgar > wrote:
>
>> There is a Hungarian wine, Egri Bikaver Bull's Blood, that is already
>> in the bottle. No need for a cauldron!

>
>Indeed!
>
>BTW, "Bikavér" is "Bull's Blood"; "Egri" refers to "Eger", a town and
>its region. Wines labelled "Bikavér" can also be produced in the
>Szekszárd district and are consequently labelled Szekszárdi Bikavér.


I first saw this wine in Budapest....actually, it was in neither Buda
nor Pest, but on the Danube, in between, on St. Margaret's Island.
>
>Also, there is Sangre de Toro, a wine produced by Torres in the Penedčs
>district of Catalonia.
>


That is a new one to me, but then, I do not drink alcohol at all.

Boron