Winemaker
Huba Szeremley
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- Badacsonytomaj, Hungary
i. Biography
Huba Szeremley’s work at Szeremley Estate in Badacsonytomaj is built around a place as much as a role. Badacsony enters the picture early: childhood summers by the lake, then the break of a family flight from Hungary in 1967. That rupture did not remove the hill from the work. It sharpened the terms of it, tying Huba Szeremley’s winemaking to volcanic terraces, local grape varieties, and a landscape that still frames the estate’s identity.
The Path
At Szeremley Estate, the winemaker’s role is carried through as continuity rather than interruption. Huba Szeremley works in Badacsonytomaj within a geography that already contains a long memory: the hill, the lake, the old terraces, and a family history marked by displacement. The work reads as a return to ground that remained present even after the family left the country in 1967.
The Work Today
Kéknyelű is one of the clearest markers of the estate’s style. At Szeremley Winery in Badacsonytomaj, the grape is identified as one of the Hungaricum wines, described there as not found elsewhere. That status matters in practical terms: it places the variety inside the local frame, where the wine is understood through the hill, the site, and the narrow set of grapes most closely tied to this part of Hungary.
Signature
Huba Szeremley’s signature wines include Kéknyelű, Budai Zöld, Zeus, Szemelt Riesling, and late harvest Zeus 2003. Read together, they show a cellar organized around local varieties, crossover interpretations, and a sweet wine at the end of the range. The list points back to Badacsony without needing embellishment: each bottle is part of the estate’s language of place.
Acclaim
The winery’s named Hungaricum wines also include Zeus, keeping the emphasis on grapes with a tight relation to the site. Szemelt Riesling appears in the portfolio as a crossover of Welschriesling and Rhine Riesling. A late harvest Zeus 2003 was served as the dessert wine in the menu, giving the sweet side of the cellar a specific vintage. Across those references, the wines are framed less as standalone trophies than as expressions of locality, lineage, and memory. Taken together, the estate’s wines place Szeremley’s name firmly within the Badacsonytomaj conversation for readers following Hungarian wine by grape and ground. The focus stays on varieties with local meaning, volcanic terraces, and a family history that remained bound to the hill after departure. In Huba Szeremley’s work, return is not sentiment; it is structure.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Huba
What is Huba Szeremley's current role?
As of 2026, Huba Szeremley is Winemaker.
What is Huba Szeremley known for?
Badacsony's local grape varieties, especially Kéknyelű, Budai Zöld, late harvest Zeusz, and Bakator.
