Avia

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FWIW, it's Slovenia now but this wine (imported thru New Orleans, and at least there) it used to be marketed as 'Hungarian' wine. My ex wife was from New Orleans and proud of her Hungarian heritage, so we bought a bottle of Avia cabernet ~ 10-12 years ago. It wasn't very good, but on behalf of Hungarians everywhere, we sprinkled a little more sweet paprika on everything and pretended that it was.

Hey, Hungary gave us the Gabor sisters, and in a roundabout way, my beloved ex, so I'll give 'em 10 or 15 more years to get their wineries in line. I expect that since the fall of the Iron Curtain/Balkan wars the wines of Eastern Europe will improve in quality as the producers (without govt. direction) can now grow better grapes, and strive for quality instead of quantity. The same formula we've seen work in various other areas around the globe.