Help with a wine pairing

pseudogourmet98 thought this was worth mentioning said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 2:08pm ET

We are doing a virtual cooking class on Friday evening. The chef is from Hungary and sent us the ingredients list and suggested wine. The main dish is a goulash soup. The wine is portugieser, which I don’t have on hand and is not available locally. I’ve never even heard of it before. Is anyone familiar with portugieser? Can anyone make an alternate suggestion for this wine?

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DanOR said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 2:17pm ET:

See if you can find Egri Bikaver from Hungary, Bull’s Blood wine. I doubt most local wine shops have even heard of it though. We used to drink it in the '70’s when we got tired of Lancer’s rose.

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CruelMelody said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 2:19pm ET:

Maybe a zwiegelt?

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  There’s a Hugl Zwiegelt at the local Total Wine. Currently on my short list.
  
  pseudogourmet98 said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 3:23pm ET
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- @pseudogourmet98 nice, I think it would be good. My local shop carries the Beck ink zwiegelt which is awesome for the price.
  
  CruelMelody said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 4:32pm ET
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- POPSOCKETS! ROAD ROCKETS! SONNY CROCKETT! AWESOME!
  
  mediocrebot said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 4:32pm ET
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rjquillin said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 3:03pm ET:

@pseudogourmet98
google shopping search for
Blauer Portuguese wine
returns a number of in-stock hits.

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- @rjquillin
  Nothing I can get locally or by tomorrow. But thanks for the idea.
  
  pseudogourmet98 said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 3:21pm ET
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- @pseudogourmet98 @rjquillin If you can’t get a Blauer Portugieser in time, I agree with the suggestion of a Hungarian Egri Bikaver (Bull’s Blood), which will probably be a bit richer, but ought to work. There was a time within living memory when Egri Bikaver could be had very cheap on the East Coast - it was drinkable at about 1/2 the price a ordinary Beaujolais…
  
  rpm said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 4:10pm ET
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- @rjquillin @rpm
  Thank you for the suggestion and education. Again, unfortunately, not available in my smallish city.
  
  pseudogourmet98 said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 5:06pm ET
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KitMarlot said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 3:44pm ET:

I’m not an exotic grape guru, but I’ve got DeLong’s wine periodic table above my “work from home” desk, and it’s got st. Laurent one step closer than zweigelt as a very light, low acid red. So if you happen to have any of Clark’s stash hanging around, you’re in luck. Otherwise, I see Gamay (Beaujolais villages) in the same column, one row lighter, and Cabernet franc very near by. I’m sure any lighter, lower acid red will be great, if slightly less Hungarian.

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  I do have a few bottles of Clark’s St. Laurent and I read where the zwiegelt is a cross between the St. Laurent and another grape.
  
  pseudogourmet98 said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 5:04pm ET
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chipgreen said Wed, May 6th 2020 at 6:40pm ET:

Late to the party with a suggestion for… Blaufrankisch

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