Bikavér is the oldest and best-known brand of the Eger wine region, it can boast a history of at least one hundred and fifty years, yet its history is unprocessed. When was the first bull blood produced and what breeds did it consist of? And was there a marriage recipe? What role did kadarka play in the history of wine? What was called vinum rubrum and what was subrubrum? Absolutely: what did they mean by bull's blood more than a hundred years ago?

The authors have been collecting and studying sources for the Eger wine region, especially bull blood, for many years. Their compensatory volume presents the history of Eger bikavér, full of successes and pitfalls, sometimes failures, and still instructive today, from the 1800s to the present day, while we get to know the grape varieties that played a role in the rise of the Eger wine region, the winemakers and traders, the era of grape growing and winemaking its "fashions", the destruction of the phylloxera disease and the difficulties of starting over, as well as the effects of historical and political events taking place in the background and various business decisions.

The joint work of wine culture expert Réka Szilágyi, winemaker Ferenc Csutorás and historian István Péter not only reveals the origin of a legendary wine to the readers, but also proves that Eger bikavér is still a red wine with special and unique characters, which carries an extraordinary natural all the characteristics of a wine region blessed with endowments.