Lets visitors see the most recent event or meeting for the Tokaj Committee and what is coming up in the future
Our two wine interns from Tokaj, Peter Majoros and Kristof Peto, arrived the week of August 21 and were greeted by Tokaj Sister Cities Committee Co-Chairs Sylvia and Joan Toth. Fortunately the Committee found a perfect place for them to stay while they were here. Debra and Brian Eagle offered their cottage and home to […]
In 2014 the Sonoma Sister Cities Tokaj Committee sent two students from Santa Rosa Junior Collete to Tokaj for a five-week study tour of the wine regions of Hungary. Our Sister City members in Tokaj, especially Hajni Pracser (a winemaker herself in Tokaj) put together the program calling on her vintner friends throughout Hungary to […]
One of the primary goals of Sister Cities is to build relationships and foster understanding of different cultures. In August, five high school students from Tokaj, Hungary, along with their English teacher and another chaperone, spent two weeks based in Sonoma. Various members of the Tokaj Committee offered accomodations in their homes to the visitors, […]
Since 2012, the Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee has been an instrumental force in joining our two historic wine cities together through specific programs helping Sonoma and Tokaj wine interns learn about each respective wine region. This year, the Committee will be helping to defray the costs of bringing two Tokaj wine students to Sonoma to […]
Five high school students from Tokaj will be visiting Sonoma with their English teacher, Otilia Majer, for two weeks in August. Members of the Sonoma Tokaj Sister Cities Committee will be hosting the group. The students will tour Sonoma, meet with city council members, tour San Francisco, and even drive down to Los […]
Fri, 22 April 2016 at 5 PM • Oxbow Cheese & Wine Merchant •
Never heard of Furmint? It is the principal grape responsible for the legendary sweet wines of Tokaj, Hungary, wines that graced the tables of the Russian Tzars, of the Hapsburg Royalty, the Kings of France, and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. […]
Sonoma, CA September 2, 2015
The Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee is proud to announce the arrival of Hungarian viticulture intern Daniel Kovacs in Sonoma on Tuesday, August 26. Mr. Kovacs will be working at Buena Vista Winery as their harvest cellar intern; his duties will include all aspects of making wine: crushing, racking, pressing, cleaning, pumping […]
