Wine came to Hungary, or Pannonia, which is what it was called at the time, when the Romans introduced vines. St. Stephen, who was responsible for the spread of Christianity, founded Hungary in 1000AD. The monasteries spread the wine culture and a wine industry was formed. In 1526 the Turks invaded eastern and central Hungary, so many people to head west causing an economic collapse and a decline in the wine industry. Many abandoned their harvest fearing an attack from the Turks and in 1630 they discovered the first noble rot in Tokaj. In 1686 Buda was liberated and this marked the end of Turkish rule and the start of the Habsburg Empire, which provided an ideal market for Hungarian wines. Feudal estates were re-formed and new inhabitants like the Serbs, Swabs, and the Romanians came and repopulated the wine growing regions, causing a boom in the Hungarian wine industry. Around 1700 Tokaj came up with the first ever vineyard classification system. In 1848 to1849