History
Our Szekszárd based family winery has been established in 1994. Most of our estate is situated in Sióagárd – where our best roze's are made, and also in the slopes of Görögszó, where our best red wines come from.
We have bought our initial estate of 3.3 hectares of Kékfrankos vineyard in the beginning of the 90’s, following the work and heritage of our grand parents. This is how we have started the Dúzsi family winery. We then gradually built up the winery step by step, to what it is today. Initially we have done all the wine making processes ourselves as a family, until we could slowly afford to start employing other staff members. Albeit, we are still very much present and involved at all stages of the wine making processes. Currently it's 5 of us working in and around the cellars mainly, however our youngest son Lőrinc, also often gets involved besides his university commitments.
With the number of children, our estate has also gradually expanded. Currently we are a proud family of 7 children in total. Réka and László living independently already, and they also added 3 grand children to our family.
There are family enterprises, and entrepreneurial families. We define ourselves as the latter one. We believe an entrepreneurial vein and work ethic is running in family, and we pride ourselves in living and working accordingly.
We currently own and work on a 40 hectar land, whilst also integrating grapes from an additional 20 hectar via our contracted partners.
We work with a wide range of grape varieties, and we love experimenting with various new blends. Our varieties include: Kékfrankos (Blaufrankische), Merlot, Cabernet sauvignon, Zweigelt, Ezerfürtű, Olaszrizling (Welschriesling), Pinot noir, Zenit, Blauburger, Syrah, Cabernet franc, Kadarka, Portugieser, Menoire, Alibernet.
We have built our classic wine processing factory in 2001, in Sióagárd-Lányvár, that enables fast and gentle processing of our produce locally. The main building itself is built in front of 3 loess cellars, that provide excellent climate for the barrel ageing processes of our red wines. Additionally, we also own another few loess cellars in the same town, where we also store and barrel age our wines.
Sióagárd is a unique “cellar-town”, that offers a spectacular spot of interest to the wine tourists, who visit the area. The cellars are situated in a layered structure that embraces a loes hill around, in a number of “floors” height. Each of these cellars provide ideal climate to the wines of the local growers. This is also where our cellar called “Probus Cellar” is situated, where we hold our professional wine tasting sessions & welcome our guests and wine fans.
In Kadarka Street, in Szekszard city, we have also purchased, saved and renovated a 150 year old cellar for the later generations. We have kept all of it's original features & we have built an additional cottage next to it. We hold professional wine tastings in this building too for those interested in our range of wines. This is where we also store our historical collections in an attempt to pay respect to the work of our ancestors.