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Vinart Grand Tasting: Croatian Wine from the Archive

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 21, 2020July 25, 2020

Reading Time: Do you like wines with a touch of bottle age? Croatia is a fascinating country with plenty of quality wines made from both indigenous and international varieties. Thanks to the high volume of tourists and a voracious local market, the best producers sell out of their production every

Feravino ‘Miraz’ Cuvée & Syrah 2017

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 16, 2020July 25, 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

Markus Franz Ferdinand: Bringing Babić to the Forefront of Croatian Wine

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by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - March 31, 2020July 25, 2020

Markus Franz Ferdinand Babic Croatian Wine

Reading Time: Once considered a cheap and insipid wine, Babić is reveling in renewed interest in its potential. What tremendous potential do winemakers see in this indigenous wine grape from Croatia? What sensory advantages does it possess to merit its move from the bottom shelf at a supermarket to eye-level

WineOS 6: Croatian Wine & More

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 24, 2020July 25, 2020

Reading Time: Every January there's a gathering in Osijek dedicated to celebrating Croatian wines and the surrounding regions named WineOS. January 2020 marked the sixth edition of the festival. In addition to Croatian wines, there were selections from Hungary, Serbia, and Bosnia Herzegovina to taste. Here are my biggest takeaways from

Kutjevo Cellars ‘De Gotho’ Graševina 2018

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 12, 2020September 27, 2020

Grabovac Trjnak Riserva 2017

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 19, 2020July 25, 2020

Best Wine Memories of 2019

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - December 19, 2019July 26, 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

Stina, Plavac Mali Majstor 2016

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - September 3, 2019September 9, 2019

Cracking Croatian Wine In Brač & Hvar

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by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

Cracking Croatian Wine Brac Hvar Dalmatia

Reading Time: In the Spring of 2018, we set out on a re-tour of Croatia to bring our book Cracking Croatian Wine: A Visitor Friendly-Guide to life. There was so much to share about Dalmatia that we ended up shooting five episodes on the region. This is the fifth and final episode about Dalmatia,

Istrian Wine Continues to Rise

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by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - August 4, 2019August 4, 2019

Reading Time: Istria is a heart-shaped peninsula that sits at the top of the Adriatic Sea. Most of the peninsula sits within Croatian borders although there are small parts are in Slovenia and Italy. The region has often been dubbed "The New Tuscany" for its hilltop towns, Italian-influenced cuisine, and