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Written references to [[[[Tokaji]] Aszú]] date back to the seventeenth century, by which time the [[wine]] had already achieved prominence in royal and aristocratic courts across Central and Western Europe.<ref>Phillips, ''A Short History of Wine'', HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 9780066212821.</ref> Its reputation was closely linked to the political and commercial importance of the Tokaj-Hegyalja region within the Kingdom of Hungary and later the [[Habsburg Empire]].<ref>Unwin, ''Wine and the Vine'', Routledge, 1991.</ref> | Written references to [[[[Tokaji]] Aszú]] date back to the seventeenth century, by which time the [[wine]] had already achieved prominence in royal and aristocratic courts across Central and Western Europe.<ref>Phillips, ''A Short History of Wine'', HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 9780066212821.</ref> Its reputation was closely linked to the political and commercial importance of the Tokaj-Hegyalja region within the Kingdom of Hungary and later the [[Habsburg Empire]].<ref>Unwin, ''Wine and the Vine'', Routledge, 1991.</ref> | ||
Tokaji Aszú is frequently cited as one of the first wines to be produced deliberately from botrytised grapes rather than as a by-product of late harvesting, marking a significant development in the history of sweet wine production.<ref>McGovern, ''Ancient Wine'', Princeton University Press, 2003.</ref> | [[Tokaji Aszú]] is frequently cited as one of the first wines to be produced deliberately from botrytised grapes rather than as a by-product of late harvesting, marking a significant development in the history of sweet wine production.<ref>McGovern, ''Ancient Wine'', Princeton University Press, 2003.</ref> | ||
== The Tokaj region == | == The Tokaj region == | ||