TOKAJ (or TOKAY)  , a town of Hungary, in the county of Zemplen, 148 m . E.N.E. of Budapest by rail . Pop . (1900), 5104 . It is situated at the confluence of the Bodrog with the Theiss, and gives its name to the famous Tokay wine . Tokaj lies at the foot of the Hegyalja Mountains, which stretch to the north and north-west of the town, between the rivers Hernad and Bodrog, for a distance of about 6o m. as far north as Eperjes . The northern part of the range is also called SSvar Mountains . These mountains, which have in the northern part an altitude of 2700 ft., slope down towards the south-east near Tokaj in a hilly plateau of about 1500 ft. altitude, where the vineyard region is situated . This vineyard region covers an area of about 135 sq. m., and belongs to 21 adjoining communities . The soil is of volcanic origin (trachyte) . The principal places where the wine is produced are Tarczal, Talya, Mad, Liszka, Tokaj, Tolcsva, Sar6spatak, Keresztur, and Zsadan . The yearly production averages 5,000,000 gallons .

It is believed that the

vine was introduced into this region by colonists from Italy and Morea in 1241 .