Wine region
Badacsony
Badacsony is a wine region in Hungary, home to 2 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Blaufrankisch.
On this page
Badacsony's 2 wineries produce predominantly white wine; wines carry PDO designation.
About the Badacsony region
- Location
- Areas of the following municipalities that are classified as Class I or II according to the vineyard cadastre: Ábrahámhegy, Badacsonytomaj, Badacsonytördemic, Balatonrendes, Balatonszepezd, Gyulakeszi, Hegymagas, Káptalantóti, Kisapáti,…
- Climate
- The climate is mild, tempered with relatively high air humidity.
- Soils
- The soil is a mixture of clay, loess, and sand on top of basalt.
Region facts sourced from Official Journal of the European Union, Badacsony (EUGI00000005789), Official Journal C, C/2024/7443, 16.12.2024, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Wikipedia contributors, "Badacsony wine region", Wikipedia, revision 1351743367, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Characteristic grapes
Badacsony is best known for Blaufrankisch.
Wine profile
Badacsony is predominantly a white-wine region (about 57% of its wines).
7 distinct Badacsony wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White4 · 57%
- Rose2 · 29%
- Red1 · 14%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Badacsony wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Tiwari House — Unwritten Poem Blaufrankisch
- Bencze — Olaszrizling
- Tiwari House — Unwritten Poem Olaszrizling
- Tiwari House — Prestige Cuvee Blanc
- Tiwari House — Unwritten Poem Blanc
- Tiwari House — Prestige Cuvee Rose
- Tiwari House — Unwritten Poem Rose
Quality designations
Wines here carry PDO status — a controlled quality designation.
- PDOEU Protected Designation of Origin — guarantees a wine comes from and is made in a specific place.
Hungary wine designations
- PDO
- PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
- PGI
- PGI is the European Union protected geographical indication category.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Badacsony wine
Look for the PDO designation — it signals a controlled-origin Badacsony wine.
FAQs
- Where is Badacsony?
- Areas of the following municipalities that are classified as Class I or II according to the vineyard cadastre: Ábrahámhegy, Badacsonytomaj, Badacsonytördemic, Balatonrendes, Balatonszepezd, Gyulakeszi, Hegymagas, Káptalantóti, Kisapáti, Kővágóörs, Nemesgulács, Raposka, Révfülöp, Salföld, Szigliget, Tapolca.
- Which grapes are associated with Badacsony?
- Badacsony is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Blaufränkisch. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Badacsony wines mean?
- PDO: PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Badacsony?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Badacsony wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Badacsony?
- The current regional catalogue contains 7 linked wines from 2 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.