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Liqueur Factory). The constantly increasing demand and the export possibilities encouraged the factory to develop an annual capacity of 30 million bottles by the end of the 1980s through continuous expansion and purchasing production lines of the latest technology. Today, the
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and the winery shrank to only four employees and the scope of the business was limited to selling what wine remained in stock. In 1949, the factory was nationalized and production resumed in 1951 with Törley becoming the only champagne factory in
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was established at the Törley factory in 1987. Members are accepted into the order after an initiation procedure known by its French name "dégorgement". Part of initiation requires members to remove sediment in the neck of a bottle according to a method devised by Törley himself.
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In producing champagne, Törley did not work alone; rather he employed French experts who installed the winery as well as worked it throughout production, taking instructions from Törley himself as to the details of production. Louis François, who had come from
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Hungary, he wrote, "With great diligence and persistence I succeeded in producing something far superior to the Champagne sparkling wines known so far." Törley continuously developed his winery and the production technology, and introduced
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alone had 18 different producer operating, but the Törley plant still had the greatest market share in
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Törley champagne. Despite the demand that the war had created, the hostilities quickly reversed the Törley plant's fortune when a bomb destroyed the main building and the majority of the factory's stocks in July 1944.
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Törley factory produces some 12 to 14 million bottles each year and has close to a 50% domestic market share in
Hungary. In the 21st century, Törley has developed a popular following in Asian countries.
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