Most people would guess Soml\u00f3 Hill, a comfortable half-hour drive from S\u00e1rv\u00e1r, and indeed the general consensus is that Soml\u00f3 is one of the most northerly of the volcanic witness hills that line the western basin of Lake Balaton, and that it is the dry white wine made from the special wine grape, the sheep’s tail, that is said to be the wine of wedding nights. So much so, that for centuries the Habsburg dynasty, who sat on the Hungarian throne, regularly ordered wine from here for their wedding nights. Why?<\/p>\n
Because experience showed that if the newlyweds drank Soml\u00f3 wine on their wedding night, a son would be born 9 months later. But there’s a lesser-known twist to the story…<\/p>\n
Soml\u00f3 Hill, famous for its wines and castle, has an even more northerly little brother – two, in fact. Kissomly\u00f3, which “towers” on the road from S\u00e1rv\u00e1r to Lake Balaton, and S\u00e1g, the most northerly of the volcanic witness mountains mentioned above, which is hidden just outside S\u00e1rv\u00e1r and is clearly visible from our guesthouses, exuding the timeless tranquillity of the ancient world. Apart from being Hungary’s youngest volcano, the S\u00e1g Hill, whose power is currently used to heat the thermal waters of the region’s spas, has an interesting connection with the wine of the wedding nights.<\/p>\n
As usual, the wine farmers of the Soml\u00f3hegy, the bigger and more famous brother, tried to make the most of the business opportunities. The wines produced on the slopes of the S\u00e1g hill were not so much sold on the market as bought and bottled as their own, knowing that this legendary high ground was a source of high quality wine. Thus, in fact, the wine made from the grapes grown on the S\u00e1g hill was the wine of the wedding nights, which reached the royal court through the intermediary of the wine-growers of Soml\u00f3. Of course, the Soml\u00f3 vine-growers and winegrowers have every right to be outraged, questioning the authenticity of the legend. But in the countryside near S\u00e1rv\u00e1r, the following story persists.<\/p>\n
It was in the early 1700s that the Habsburgs once again laid claim to the famous Soml\u00f3 Wedding Nights wine. The order arrived in Hungary. However, the royal family could not have known that the previous year, Mount S\u00e1g had been hit by hail and the entire grape crop had been lost. The Soml\u00f3 winegrowers believed the legend of the wine of the wedding nights, and decided that it was all right not to send the wine made from grapes grown on S\u00e1g Hill to the Viennese court, but to send the original Soml\u00f3. The royal couple then sipped the wine on this special night in the hope that a son heir to the throne would join the family in nine months’ time.<\/p>\n
But since the wine in the glass was not the real wine of the wedding nights, the wine of S\u00e1g Hill, but the real Soml\u00f3, it came as a real surprise nine months later that a daughter was born, the heir of King Charles III of Hungary and Queen Elizabeth Krisztina. This daughter was called Maria Theresa, who became the leader of her hereditary empire in grand form, despite the fact that at that time only a male child could have taken the throne.<\/p>\n
And so it was that S\u00e1rv\u00e1r and its surroundings gave the Hungarians a queen, that this region was enriched with new legends, and that the wine of the Soml\u00f3 wedding nights was ‘unveiled’. Since then, the S\u00e1g Hill has been generously pouring out wines of the finest quality, which you can sip on the terraces of our special apartment houses, and recharge your batteries with the natural energies of the region.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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