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The Unlikely Partners: Somlói Wine and Indonesian Stew

Hungarian Wine

by CHARINE TAN - June 30, 2018July 13, 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

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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

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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

Royal Tokaji, 6 Puttonyos Aszú 2013

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

Hungarian Wine: The Legendary Tokaj Region

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by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 22, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: Tokaj, Hungary is a place that Charine and I have been longing to visit. Thanks to our friends from WineSofa and Wine a'More Travel, our wish became a reality. The minute we stepped off the train it was obvious to us that Tokaj is all it is cracked

Bott Frigyes Super Granum Red 2016

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - March 6, 2018July 5, 2018

Hungarian Wine From Neszmély

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 3, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: Have you ever heard of the Neszmély (Nes-may) wine region? Yeah, we didn't either until very recently. Wine a'More Travel messaged a day in advance and told us that they scheduled a day trip to Neszmély. Neszmély Region This is a relatively small region in northern Hungary. The Danube River

Barta, Öreg Király Dülo Mád 6 Puttonyos 2008 & 2010

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 21, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: Hello! Welcome to As Drunk By Exotic Wine Travel, a weekly column where we feature wines that are worth noting. 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 well-known wine regions.

Furmint Forum 2017 in Košice, Slovakia

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 15, 2018March 7, 2018

Reading Time: The Slovak-Hungarian relation may not be the best, and the fact that the historic wine region of Tokaj is shared by both countries doesn't aid the relation either. A small group of people is working to tackle all that through wine. In December 2017, we took part in the