Each bottle starts with carefully hand-picked aszú berries, or botrytized grapes affected by noble rot (which we'll touch on later). As if that weren't enough, there are only six grape varieties ...

Also known by its scientific name, Botrytis cinerea, noble rot is a beneficial mold that grows on ripe wine grapes in the vineyard under specific climatic conditions. The mold dehydrates the grapes, ...

Also known as "noble rot," it is a beneficial mold that grows on ripe wine grapes in the vineyard under specific climatic conditions. The mold dehydrates the grapes, leaving them shriveled and ...

The area owes its fame to a special strand of fungus called botrytis (or the “noble rot”), the ingredient that transforms the overripe grapes into small, shrivelled raisin-like berries with ...