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| Tokaj wine regionWine regionCountryHungary, SlovakiaTotal area11,149 ha[1]Size of planted vineyards5,500 ha[1]Grapes producedFurmint, Hxc3xa1rslevelxc5xb1, Yellow Muscat, Zxc3xa9ta, Kxc3xb6vxc3xa9rszxc5x91lxc5x91, Kabar[1]Varietals producedTokaji[1]Comments UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameTokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural LandscapeLocationTokaj, HungaryIncludesUngvxc3xa1ri, Rxc3xa1kxc3xb3czi, Koporosi, Gomboshegyi and Oremus Cellars; Tolcsva Wine Museum CellarsCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(iii), (v)Reference1063Inscription2002 (26th session)Area13,255xc2xa0ha (51.18xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Bufferxc2xa0zone74,879xc2xa0ha (289.11xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Coordinates48xc2xb09xe2x80xb2N 21xc2xb021xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf48.150xc2xb0N 21.350xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 48.150; 21.350Coordinates: 48xc2xb09xe2x80xb2N 21xc2xb021xe2x80xb2Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf48.150xc2xb0N 21.350xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 48.150; 21.350Location of Tokaj wine region in Hungary | WIKI |
| Tokaj wine region (Hungarian: Tokaji borvidxc3xa9k[2] Slovak: Vinohradnxc3xadcka oblasxc5xa5 Tokaj[3]) or Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region (short Tokaj-Hegyalja or Hegyalja) is a historical wine region located in northeastern Hungary and southeastern Slovakia. | WIKI |
| Hegyalja means "foothills" in Hungarian, and this was the original name of the region. | WIKI |
| The region consists of 28 named villages and 11,149 hectares of classified vineyards, of which an estimated 5,500 are currently planted. | WIKI |
| Due to the Treaty of Trianon, a smaller part of the historical wine region now belongs to Slovakia. | WIKI |
| Indigenous grape varieties: Furmint and Hxc3xa1rslevelxc3xbc have been cultivated in the region for centuries and, together with Yellow Muscat (Hungarian: Sxc3xa1rgamuskotxc3xa1ly), Kabar, Kxc3xb6vxc3xa9rszxc5x91lxc5x91 and Zxc3xa9ta, are the only grape varieties officially permitted for use in the region. | WIKI |
| Historical records show that vineyards had been established in Tokaj as early as the 12th century, but there is evidence for the earlier introduction of wine production to the region. | WIKI |
| A number of experts claim that viticulture could have started in the Tokaj region as early as in the Celtic times, that is BC. | WIKI |
| Slavs arrived in the region in the late 5th/early 6th century. | WIKI |
| [citation needed] The Slovaks claim that Slavs continued previous viticulture in the region. | WIKI |
| [citation needed] Magyar settlers arrived in Tokaj from the end of the 9th Century and there is an alternative theory that viticulture was introduced to the region from the east, possibly by the Kabar tribe. | WIKI |
| However, the rise of Tokaj as a major wine region can be dated to the early 16th Century. | WIKI |
| Tokaji wine became an increasingly important commodity for the region from the 17th century, its export being a major source of income for the ruling princes of Transylvania to which the Tokaj region belonged at the time. | WIKI |
| The partition of Poland in 1795 and subsequent imposition of customs duties dealt a severe blow to the exports of Tokaji wine and precipitated the economic decline of the region. | WIKI |
| The region was also divided between Hungary and the newly created Czechoslovakia, which gained an area of 120 hectares (with the exception of 1938-1944, when Hungary took control over the territory). | WIKI |
| The latter now forms part of an adjoining wine region in Slovakia with approximately 908 hectares of classified Tokaj vineyards. | WIKI |
| However, since 1990 a considerable amount of investment has gone into the Tokaj region, creating what has been dubbed as the "Tokaj Renaissance". | WIKI |
| There are now almost 600 wineries in the region, of which about 50 produce the full range of wines. | WIKI |
| In February 2013, the EU Court of Justice has turned down the Hungarian appeal against an earlier ruling concerning Slovakia's registration of xe2x80x9cVinohradnxc3xadcka oblasxc5xa5 Tokajxe2x80x9d (Tokaj Wine Region), which contains the name of Hungary's Tokaj region. | WIKI |
| Therefore, wine producers from both the Hungarian Tokaj region and the Slovak Tokaj region may use the Tokaj brand name. | WIKI |
| Documented history of the wine region since 1561 attests that grape cultivation as well as the making of the xe2x80x98aszxc3xbaxe2x80x99 wine has been permanent for centuries in the area surrounded by the three Sxc3xa1tor-hegy (the Tokaj-hill, the Sxc3xa1tor xe2x80x93 hill of Abaxc3xbajszxc3xa1ntxc3xb3, and the Sxc3xa1tor-hill of Sxc3xa1toraljaxc3xbajhely). | UNESCO |
| The legal base of delimitation of the wine region is among the first in the world and dates back to 1737 when the decree of Emperor Charles VI (Charles III, King of Hungary) established the area as a closed wine region. | UNESCO |
| The socio-cultural, ethnic and religious diversity of the inhabitants, together with the special fame of the Tokaji Aszxc3xba Wine has contributed to the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the region. | UNESCO |
| Wine has been produced in the Tokaj region and vineyards have been worked here for more than 1000 years. | UNESCO |
| The overall aim of the management is to maintain and enhance the environmental, social as well as economic conditions for viticulture, wine production and related sectors that have always been the economic engines of the region. | UNESCO |