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A hulk of volcanic rock with four villages at its feet, backed by dead volcanoes ranged across the Tapolca basin, the Badacsony is one of Balaton's most striking features. When the land that was to become Hungary first surfaced, molten magma erupted from the seabed and cooled into a great semicircle of basalt columns , 210m high, which form Badacsony's southeastern face. The rich volcanic soil of the lower slopes has supported vineyards since the Age of Migrations, when the Avars buried grape seeds with their dead to ensure that the afterlife wouldn't be lacking in wine. Nowadays, the harvest consists of Zoldszilvani, Szurkebarat (Pinot Gris), Olaszrizling and Keknyelo (Blue Stem); the last variety is exclusive to the region. The wine harvest festival in the village of Badacsony during the second week in September is a time of street processions, folk dancing and music - and of course lots of wine to be drunk.
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