The country's highest mountain, the smallest village, the first Hungarian language bible from the 16th century, and the oldest railway from the 19th century can be all found in the Eger-Tokaj Region. The World renowned Hungarian wine, the Tokaji Aszu, ages in the cellars of this region, while one of Europe's most beautiful horse tracks and biggest cave systems is also found here.
Tokaj-Hegyalja is a historical wine region located in southeastern Slovakia and northeastern Hungary. Hegyalja means "foothills" in Hungarian, and this was the original name of the region. The region consists of 28 named villages and 7,000 hectares of classified vineyards, of which an estimated 5,000 are currently planted.
Tokaj has been declared a World Heritage Site. However, its fame long predated this distinction because it is the origin of Tokaji asz Some of the characteristics which make the Tokaj wine region unique are: No one knows when the first wines were made in the Tokaj region. Historical records show that vineyards had been established in Tokaj as early as the 12th century. There is evidence for the earlier introduction of wine production to the region, but opinion is divided on when this occurred.