DR MATTHEW HORKEY

Movia Veliko Belo 2011

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

Reading Time: Hello! Welcome to As Drunk by Exotic Wine Travel, a weekly column where we feature interesting wines that we encourage you to seek out. The reviews featured in this series may be written by either one or the both of us. The featured wines can be from obscure or

Hungarian Wine: Thursdays @ Taste Hungary’s Tasting Table

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 14, 2020January 23, 2020

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Reading Time: The Tasting Table Budapest is the kind of place that we wish existed in every wine country. Located on Bródy Sándor in the Palace District, it's at the top of the list as a "must-visit" place in Budapest. Whenever we visit Budapest, Tasting Table is always our first

Villa Tolnay Csobáncz Cabernet Franc Unfiltered 2017

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 9, 2020January 9, 2020

Villa Tolnay Csobancz Cabernet Franc Unfiltered

Hanging With The Douro Boys

Portuguese Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

Reading Time: I can't get enough of the Douro. Located in northern Portugal, the Douro is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Douro meanders through the mountains, making this an unforgiving environment to grow grapes. There are steeply terraced vineyards as far as the eye can see. In my opinion, it

Domaine Ratron, ‘Clos des Cordeliers’ Saumur-Champigny Prestige 2017

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 2, 2020January 2, 2020

Clos des Cordeliers Prestige Sumur Champigny

Rheinhessen Riesling

German Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - December 26, 2019January 22, 2020

Reading Time: The Rheinhessen does a lot more than mass-produced, semi-sweet wines. The Rheinhessen is Germany's largest wine-producing region by vineyard area. The German Wine Institute reports that there are close to 27,000 hectares of vineyards in the region spread out over three districts and 400+ individual sites. The Rheinhessen

Best Wine Memories of 2019

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - December 19, 2019January 3, 2020

Reading Time: As 2019 closes and 2020 unfolds, it will mark five straight years of traveling around the world. We've spent that entire time uncovering unique wines from both far-flung and well-known regions of the wine world. In 2015 we left our careers to take a sabbatical. I had a

Negroamaro Stories: Italian Rosato and More

Italian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - December 15, 2019December 15, 2019

Reading Time: Are you in the mood for some 'black bitter'? Negroamaro is the darling grape of Salento, which makes up the heel of Italy down south in Puglia. The grape's name translates to black (negro) and bitter (amaro). It's a grape that Charine and I are familiar with. During

Discover Hungarian Wine on Kickstarter

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - November 20, 2019November 21, 2019

Reading Time: Discover Hungarian Wine is a project that we've been working on for over two years. Exotic Wine Travel is proud to announce that our fourth wine book is now available for pre-order on Kickstarter. We will need to reach our funding goal in order to bring this book

Serbian Wine: Fruška Gora Terroir

Serbian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - November 12, 2019January 13, 2020

Reading Time: Visiting an old friend. That's what if felt like to revisit the Fruška Gora region and the Vojvodina Wine Show 2019 in Serbia. Fruška Gora was the first region Charine and I visited in the Balkans. You can get a glimpse of our first visit below (thank goodness