John Calvin has a well-earned reputation as a curmudgeon. Famed as a hater in his day, with even his friends becoming targets, and ultimately becoming an authoritarian tyrant in Geneva, he spent much of his time micromanaging the joys and pleasures of his subjects.
It seems rather surprising, then, that the Calvinist tradition which sprung from the writings of this austere prophet would also produce magnificent, festive wines.
The delightfully named Oremus hails from the illustrious Hungarian wine-growing region of Tokaj. Once part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Tokaj came under the sway of the reformed tradition in the wake of the European Reformation.
