Winephabet Street Season 2 Episode 5 - E is for Egri Bikaver

<p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; margin: 0px;"> <img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/46773/bullsblood.jpg" alt="" width="394" height="358" /></p> <p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; margin: 0px;"> <!--StartFragment--><span style= "font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">Welcome to Winephabet Street Season 2 Episode 5 E is for Egri Bikaver. Winephabet Street is a monthly series where Lori Budd of</span> <a href= "http://https//dracaenawines.com/"><span style= "font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">Draceana Wines</span></a> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">and I work our way through the alphabet exploring wine and wine regions one letter at a time. The show is live on the third Monday at 8pm and is free, but you must register to attend. Put it on your calendar, pour yourself a glass of wine and hang out with us.</span></p> <p style= "-qt-paragraph-type: empty; -qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">  </p> <p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt;">This month of February we learned about the Egri Bikaver. Egri Bikaver is from Hungary and better known as Bulls Blood. It is not a grape but a blend of 50% Kekfrankos (which we know as Blaufrankish or Lemberger) and the rest can be Kadarka, Syrah, Merlot, Portugieser, Minoir, Blauburger, Pinot Noir, Zweigelt or Turan. It is quite a funny story how it got its name. The condensed version is in 1552 at the siege of Eger the captain brought red wine to the soldiers. The soldiers drank the red wine and it stained their beards and the Turks thought the soldiers in Eger drak blood from the bull. There are a couple other legends out there as well.</span></p> <p style= "-qt-paragraph-type: empty; -qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">  </p> <p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 18px; margin: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Aria