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Orange Wine Festival 2018: Here To Stay

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Reading Time: Are they orange wines or are they amber wines? Are these wines the real deal or are they just a fad? Whatever you want to call these wines, we love them and don't get sick of them. That's why we chose to attend the Orange Wine Festival in Vienna

The Millésima Blog Awards 2019: Could You Help Us?

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 8, 2019February 11, 2019

Reading Time: *UPDATE on 11, February 2019: The voting period for this is now CLOSED. Thank you for your support. Exotic Wine Travel has made it to the final round of the Millésima Blog Awards 2019. Could we get your help to cross the finish line? Last year, we submitted articles to

Exotic Wine Travel’s 18 Wines of 2018

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - January 2, 2019January 7, 2019

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Reading Time: What a year. 2018 marked our fourth year as location-independent entrepreneurs and our third year in the wine industry. While the first two years seemed like a constant struggle for acceptance into this new world, 2018 was dancing to a different tune---we felt welcomed and appreciated for much

Return to Tokaj

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Reading Time: Make no mistake about it, we're crazy about Tokaj. Although it's only a three-hour drive east of Budapest, Tokaj feels a world apart. The Zemplen Mountains provide a stark contrast to the great plains of Hungary. The south slopes are covered in vineyards and engulf 27 small villages. Tokaj is

EWT Insider: A Wine Lover’s Guide to Budapest

by CHARINE TAN - October 24, 2018October 26, 2018

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Reading Time: "EWT Insider" is meant to be a practical guide for gastronomy travelers. We’ll continue to update this page with every new visit to Budapest, so consider it a work in progress. This guide, compiled over six weeks in and around Budapest, is packed with information about where and

Kreinbacher Selection 2015

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - August 27, 2018

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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

The Unlikely Partners: Somlói Wine and Indonesian Stew

Hungarian Wine

by CHARINE TAN - June 30, 2018December 30, 2018

Reading Time: "I wonder if I can say that 'One of the best Pinot Gris I've had is from Somló,' without sounding pretentious." Eva engages in a moment of thoughtful silence. "There's very little Pinot Gris grown in Somló." Yup, I can't. A lesser-known wine country. A lesser-known wine region. A lesser-known (a lesser-planted grape

Spicy Hungarian Wines From Szekszárd

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - June 19, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: During our first trip through the wine regions of Hungary, we missed the Szekszárd region. It was a place that we wanted to see dearly. All of the Szekszárd wines we tasted prior to visiting impressed us, peeking our curiosity. After a two-week tour through Slovakia, we returned

Hungarian Wines From Balaton

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - May 8, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: Lake Balaton is the largest lake in Central Europe and one of the leading tourist attractions in Hungary. It's also one of the largest wine regions in the country. Thanks to the temperature moderation of the lake and the soil deposited from the extinct volcanoes, Balaton is producing

Hummel Góré Hárslevelü 2015

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 17, 2018July 5, 2018