Historically Tokaji was wine from the region of Tokaj in the Kingdom of Hungary. In English and French the spelling Tokay was commonly used. Prior to the phylloxera epidemic in the 1880s, wine was grown in Tokaj from various types of mainly white grape varieties. However, many historical mentions of Tokaji wine as early as 1635 refer to the sweet dessert Aszú (botrytised) wine.
