Juan David Latorre
Last Friday, the Hungarian Embassy, with its ambassador Katalin Tóth at the head, offered a fraternal and pleasant tasting of the typical Hungarian drink, Palinka.
Diplomats from all over the world from diplomatic missions in Madrid and friends from Hungary met at Bar Holy Drop and tasted the varied and exquisite flavors of this whisky.
Palinka (Hungarian: pálinka; Romanian: palincă) is a traditional alcoholic drink from Hungary, Transylvania and Vojvodina. It is made from several types of fruit; the most common are plum, pear, apricot or peach. You can also make it from apple, cherry, berries or quince.
Other varieties are made of honey, rose or breeze fruits. It can reach in its elaboration between 16 to 90% alcohol.
Since 2002, palinka has been given this name only if it is made 100% from fruit or herbs grown in the Carpathian Mountains basin and grown in Hungary or a breeze from Hungary and has no artificial additives, bottled in Hungary and with an alcohol content between 37.5 % and 86 %.
Palinka is a protected designation of origin in the European Union since 13 February 2008. It is also registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization since June 22, 2021.
