Budapest’s Törley Sparkling Wine Manufacture and Visitor Center is rolling out a bubbly 2025, and yes, you can only get in on specific dates. The story of Törley’s fizz stretches back almost a century and a half, and the programs at the Törley Collection and Visitor Center bring those 140 years to life—colorful, bumpy, and ultimately successful. If you’re visiting solo, tours and the guided cellar walk are only available at the advertised program times. Want another date? Check the group visit menu and book as a group. Or call—old school still works.
November Kicks Off With Poetry and Pop
November 14, 2025 is the headliner: Goosebumps Festival: The World Bubbles in Verse – Literature and Bubbles lands at the Törley complex. For one magical evening, the band Coffee Break (Kávészünet) turns some of the most beautiful Hungarian poems into music. Their mission: bring poetry into everyday life with modern, melodic adaptations. Expect Sándor Petőfi (Petőfi Sándor), Attila József (József Attila), and Endre Ady (Ady Endre) reimagined in fresh arrangements. The setting: Budapest’s historic Budafok-Tétény, where Törley’s cellars hum under the streets.
Pinceséta: Into the Cellars
If your idea of cultural immersion involves limestone and bottles, circle November 27 and December 13, 2025. Those are the dates for Törley Pinceséta, the guided cellar walk in Budapest. It’s the signature deep dive into storage tunnels and craft, with a tasting-driven tour that folds past into present. Spaces are limited, so plan ahead.
Budafoki Pincejárat: The Neighborhood Underground
On December 6, 2025, Törley joins the Budafok Cellar Circuit (Budafoki Pincejárat). Think open cellars, local flavors, a parade of wines, and that distinct cool-air scent that only historic cava-style corridors can deliver. Budapest’s southern edge turns into a wine lover’s maze—Törley included.
Drop-In Museum Weeks
The Törley Museum opens for weeklong visiting windows in November: November 10–16 and November 17–23, 2025. This is your chance to browse the archive, artifacts, and brand heritage without a full tour—still within set dates. It’s designed for curious visitors who want to take it at their own pace and soak in 140 years of bottles, labels, and iconic branding.
Where to Stay: Boutique Next Door
Inside the event complex, a boutique hotel blends a historic facade with a modern interior. Rooms are steps from the event halls—strategically designed so you can wander from tasting to bed with minimal effort. Comfort maximized, heels optional.
Spiritual Recharge, Close By
Looking for a mental reset? The Budatétény spiritual center invites individuals and groups, young and old, Catholic and not, for new programs and quiet spaces. Run with Verbite missionary spirituality, it keeps its doors open to anyone seeking support. Calm is a short ride from the clink of glasses.
Sleep Green, Stay Local
Belle Fleur Guesthouse (Belle Fleur Panzió) sits in South Buda’s green belt, a friendly, family-run guesthouse about 4.3 miles from the city center with good public transport. There’s a beauty salon on site. Within 1,640 feet: a restaurant, horseback riding, tennis, swimming. Eight rooms, each with a private bathroom and shower, plus free Wi-Fi, TV, and phone. Because sparkling wine pairs beautifully with peace and quiet.
Eat, Sip, Repeat
Budafok’s food and wine scene reads like a treasure map.
– A 1910–1911 landmark built by restaurateur Károly Kleofász once ran as the Villatelep-Beszálló Restaurant (Villatelep-Beszálló Vendéglő). The courtyard held a coach stable where traders fed and watered their horses. The Kméhling family took over in 1939 and ran it as Kméhling Restaurant (Kméhling Vendéglő) until nationalization—a tidy slice of local hospitality history.
– The Society of Wine Poets Cellar Restaurant (Borköltők Társasága Pince Étterem) welcomes you with hearty dishes in air-conditioned rooms and an outdoor area. It’s accessible, happy to host large groups, and offers hall rental and catering.
– Záborszky Winery’s Wine City (Záborszky Pincészet – Borváros) is a rarity in Europe: a wine city that walks you through Hungary’s great regions. The skanzen-style Wine Street showcases ten cellar facades from Badacsony, Balatonboglár, Eger, Etyek-Buda, Mecsek-alja, Somló, Sopron, Szekszárd, Tokaj-Hegyalja, and Villány—while the other 12 renowned regions appear via video.
– In central Budafok, a self-service restaurant on Kossuth Lajos Street serves soups, stews, daily specials, and desserts—build your own menu from the day’s lineup or the chef’s picks.
The Bubbles Behind the Brand
The Champagne Order honors founder József Törley (1858–1907), guarding the traditions, standards, and reputation of Törley and Hungarian sparkling wine, while promoting a true culture of champagne drinking. The György Villa wines draw whites from Etyek-Buda and reds from Villány, aiming to show pure varietal fruit. Hungaria, under the Törley group since its founding in 1955, represents style, fashion, and sparkle—over 60 years of passionate know-how. The brand’s insistence on quality, long-honed methods, and cutting-edge tech built a name that reads as exclusive and high-quality.
Classic Tables, Modern Parties
István Tanya Restaurant (István Tanya Vendéglő) opened in 1999 on cobbled Magdolna Street in Budafok, with a cozy 30-seat dining room, a heated 30-seat winter garden, and a shady summer garden for 40 under a giant chestnut tree. There’s also a 60-seat private hall for weddings, reunions, company parties, birthdays, plus off-site events for 80–150 people. Expect Hungarian staples and international dishes—the goal is full-spectrum enjoyment.
From Balaton to Tokaj
Katona Wine House (Katona Borház) bottles sunshine: clean, fruity, juicy wines with lively acidity. Founded in fall 1996, the winery tends 111 acres on the south side of Lake Balaton in the Balatonboglár region, plus about 2.5 acres in Tokaj-Hegyalja since 2006. Grapes are processed and aged in Boglár until bottling, though some finished wines head to the Budafok cellar for additional treatment and maturation. Bottling and sales happen there, too.
Greek Detour
Need a change of palate? Kerkyra Greek Taverna (Kerkyra Görög Taverna) in Campona serves traditional Greek recipes—chicken and lamb gyros, souvlaki, roast lamb, moussaka, salads, grilled meats, seafood, and tempting desserts.
Organizers reserve the right to change dates and programs. Call ahead, add it to your bucket list, or set an alert. The cellars will wait; the bubbles won’t.
