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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

An Evening With The Liber Pater 2009

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - December 18, 2018December 19, 2018

Reading Time: It's not often that you enjoy a 4,000 Euro bottle of wine. Liber Pater is one of the most controversial and expensive Bordeaux red wines in the world. The winery is located in the Graves AOC, within the left bank of Bordeaux. Winemaker Loic Pasquet wanted to re-create the

11 Sardinian Wines From The Cagliari Wine & Food Festival

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by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - October 9, 2018October 13, 2018

Reading Time: The Cagliari International Wine & Food Festival takes place each summer in Sardinia. This last summer, we were invited by the organizers, APS Promo Eventi. This rendition of the event included the two-day festival and a one-day excursion to the village of Mamoiada - which is famous for

South Italian Wines at Radici del Sud

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by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - September 13, 2018September 20, 2018

Reading Time: In the summer of 2018, we attended the 25th annual Radici del Sud held in Puglia, Italy. The media program consisted of a wine competition, walkabout tasting, and a series of field trips. You can check out the events in the videos below. Radici del Sud: Roots of the South Exotic

VinNatur: A Proponent of Checks and Balances

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by CHARINE TAN - August 31, 2018January 19, 2019

Reading Time: "You're a really good agriculturist but you're a bad winemaker." Angiolino Maule, La Biancara's winemaker and founder, thinks this statement from oenologist Franco Giacosa might have changed the course of his life as a winemaker. "In the past, I would say a good wine is 90% vineyard and 10% winery. Today, I

Revisiting Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - May 25, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: We love the wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Earlier in 2017, we did a weeklong tasting trip through the region, visiting some iconic producers. After that trip, we became hooked on these wines. After six weeks touring through the wine regions of Hungary and Slovakia, our friend Vedran drove up

Super Tuscan Sangiovese

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by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 14, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: In graduate school, two friends and I backpacked around Europe. We sat down for lunch in Lucca, Italy and enjoyed a liter of Sangiovese-based red wine. I was a wine enthusiast back then, but a broke student. Most of my wine tasting experience consisted of cheap, supermarket wines.

Montepeloso Eneo Toscana IGT 2010

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 8, 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

Tenuta di Biserno, Biserno 2013

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 31, 2018July 5, 2018

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