Situated in the UNESCO-listed Tokaj-Hegyalja Wine Region, the Sauska Tokaj winery features a sculptural form that appeares to float above the rolling vineyards. Conceived as a place for both innovation and hospitality, the winery was envisioned as a hub for fresh, dry white and sparkling wines.
Set apart from the nearby villages, within the estate’s own vineyards, the architecture draws inspiration from the untouched purity of the Tokaj landscape. The result is an organic, lens-like structure that merges seamlessly with its surroundings.
The building rises from the hillside as two intersecting volumes housing a restaurant and café, while production lies hidden underground. From the parking path, visitors are offered sweeping views, before entering through a discreet slope-side entrance. A skylit corridor leads into guest areas where narrowing interiors guide the gaze outward, culminating in an open terrace facing the vast, elemental landscape.
Beneath the lenses lie the circular fermentation halls, where slender clusters of steel columns rise from the center, supporting the hovering forms above. Stainless steel fermentation tanks are arranged in concentric circles, and sunlight filtering beneath the curved structures lends the space an almost sacred atmosphere. Production zones—pressing, bottling, labeling—are arranged in a precise, linear sequence connected by an underground tunnel.
More than a winery, Sauska Tokaj is a destination—an expression of place, memory, and forward-looking craft, rooted in the land that gives it life.