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Hungarian Wine: The Legendary Tokaj Region

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 22, 2018November 7, 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

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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

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

Hungarian Wine From Eger: Bull’s Blood and Beyond

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 1, 2018July 5, 2018

Hungarian Wine Eger Bull's Blood Bikaver

Reading Time: When we started our Exotic Wine Travel YouTube channel, one of the first wines reviewed was an inexpensive Bull's Blood (Bikavér) from Egervin Winery. It is a decent wine, but far from impressive. After posting the video, we received comments from several Hungarians urging us to try higher

The Best of Villány Wine Region

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 24, 2018July 29, 2018

Reading Time: The first time we came across wines from Villány was in Zagreb, Croatia. During the Vinart Grand Tasting, we attended a masterclass in Villány's Cabernet Franc. The wines were of outstanding quality, and they piqued our interest immediately. Six months after that tasting, we had the opportunity to

Exotic Wine Travel’s 17 Wines of 2017

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - January 9, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: 2017 marked the third year of our location-independent lifestyle and the second year of our wine career. It was a momentous year for us---in the span of 12 months, we authored and published our second and third wine book Sipping Santa Barbara and Cracking Croatian Wine, traveled to seven countries, and tasted

Kikelet Furmint Birtokbor 2014

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - November 30, 2017November 7, 2018

Graševina Without Borders: Eight Wines To Try

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - July 12, 2017July 6, 2018

Reading Time: Graševina is a Central/Eastern European white grape with unclear origins. It has many names around the region. In Austria, it's known as Welschriesling, in Hungary as Olaszrizling, and in Slovenia as Laški Rizling. In Serbia, it has two names Grašac and Italian Riesling. While there is no agreeable