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Whenever a friendly company starts talking about wine and wine-growing regions, they are more and more likely to mention Etyek and its environs in addition to Tokaj, Eger and Badacsony.
However, maybe fewer people know that this is mainly a re-discovery rather than a discovery because - up to the beginning of the 1880s - farmers in Etyek planted vineyards on more than 400 hectares. Despite this fact, the Etyek Wine Area is one of the youngest wine-growing regions in the country.
The vineyards - stretching over 1600 hectares from Bicske up to Pákozd - were granted the „wine region” rank in 1990. The new wine act of 1997 modified its name to Etyek-Budai Borvidék (Etyek-Buda Wine Area).
The village of Etyek is located at the north-eastern border of Fejér county, 176 m above the sea level, along the right and left banks of the Magyar-kút water channel, which is an anabranch of the Sajgó stream. The village is located on 5325 hectares, with 3426 residents in 1999. In geographical terms, the village area is practically identical with the Etyek hills, which represent the easternmost appendage to the Vértes mountains. Etyek is separated from the neighbouring region, the Buda Hills, by the Zsámbék Basin. 
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