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| SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ZEMPLEN FOREST OAK: |
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| THIS FOREST HAS BEEN MANAGED INTENSELY SINCE 1769 WHEN EMPRESS MARIA TERESA |
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| OF THE AUSTRO HUNGARIAN EMPIRE FIRST INSTITUTED SUSTAINABLE CUTTING REGULATIONS. |
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| NORTH OF TOKAY LIES THE ZEMPLEN FOREST OF HUNGARY. |
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| THE ROCKY SOILS AND HARSH WINTERS OF THE ZEMPLEN FOREST PROVIDE THE PERFECT |
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| ENVIORNMENT FOR SLOW GROWTH, TIGHT-GRAINED OAK. |
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| THE ZEMPLEN FOREST PLANTED QUERCUS PETREA (SESSILE OAK) HAS THE SAME SPECIES OF |
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| TIGHT-GRAINED OAK THAT IS PLANTED IN THE FAMOUS ALLIER FOREST OF FRANCE. |
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| WINEMAKERS IN U.S.A. CANADA & MEXICO WHO WE ARE SUPPLYING OUR OAK BARRELS TO |
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| STATE THAT OUR BARRELS MAKE A BETTER TASTE OF WINE THAN OTHERS. |
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| WE BELIEVE BECAUSE THE MINERAL CONTENT IN THE ZEMPLEN FOREST MAKES THIS BARREL |
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| A BETTER TASTE OF WINE. |
SEE OUR WEBSITE: http://www.vadaiwinebarrels.com |
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| OUR WINE QUALITY |
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| WE SELECT GRAPES FROM THE HIGH QUALITY VINEYARDS. PREFERABLE OVER 20 YEARS OLD |
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| VINES WHICH HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR ROOTS GO DEEP IN THE SOIL PICKING UP |
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| VARIOUS MINERALS. ALSO THE DRY FARMED VINES DEEP TAPROOTS ENCOUNTER DIFFERENT |
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| LAYERS OF SOILS, WHICH ADDS COMPLEXITY TO THE GRAPES. ALSO WHEN THE WINE IS MADE |
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| FROM THE ZEMPLEN FOREST OAK BARRELS, A VERY UNIQUE TASTE AND CHARACTER |
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| CONCENTRATION OF FLAVORS AND FRUITINESS IS CREATED GIVING A NICELY BALANCED |
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| AND ATTRACTIVE WINE. THE BARREL IS NOT LIKE OTHERS, IT WILL NEVER OVER BARREL THE |
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| TASTE OF THE WINE. |
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| MY BACKROUND, SANDOR VADAI - I WAS BORN IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY NOVEMBER 16, 1931. |
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| MY FATHER WAS A PROFESSIONAL RANCHER AND OWNED A VINEYARD ALSO. |
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| HE DIED WHEN I WAS 3 YEARS OLD. MY MOTHER NEVER REMARRIED. |
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| I MANAGED THE FARM AT AN EARLY AGE OF 14 YEARS THAT SHE INHERITED FROM MY FATHER |
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| DURING WORLD WAR II. |
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| A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE MEN WERE IN THE WAR. I HAD TO LEARN FARMING AND |
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| WINEMAKING QUICKLY. OUR CLOSE NEIGHBOR WAS A PROFESSIONAL COOPER AND A |
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| SOLDIER IN WORLD WAR I IN RUSSIA. |
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| HE WAS LIVING A SOLITARY LIFE. LATER WHEN THE SOVIET ARMY TOOK OVER OUR TOWN, |
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| HE HAD A SOVIET YOUNG SOLDIER VISIT HIM WHO WAS HIS SON. |
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| FROM THEN ON HE WAS FRIENDLY AND VERY TALKATIVE. WE FIGURED HE HAD A LOT OF |
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| LOVE FOR THE WOMAN AND HIS SON WHO WERE VERY FAR AWAY FROM HIM. |
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| THIS MAN TAUGHT ME ABOUT BARRELS. HE SHOWED ME HOW TO TAKE THE BARREL |
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| COMPLETELY APART AND HOW TO CLEAN EVERY STAVE (PARTS) OF THE BARREL SO OUR |
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| WINE COULD BE PUT IN A REFURBISHED CLEAN BARREL. |
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| TODAY, I DON'T THINK TOO MANY WINEMAKERS DO THAT. I KNOW ONE IN OREGON WHO |
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| FOLLOWS A SIMILAR TECHNIQUE THAT HE LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER IN HUNGARY. |
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| HE MAKES VERY GOOD WINES. ESPECIALLY WHEN HE MAKES RIESLING IN OUR BARREL, |
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| THE TASTE IS EXCELLENT. MUCH BETTER THAN WHEN WINEMAKERS MAKE IT IN STAINLESS |
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| STEEL TANKS. |
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