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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

Tonković Kadarka Fantazija 2011

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - June 12, 2017September 1, 2018

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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. We

Vinarija Doja: Serbia’s New Vinous Star

Serbian Wine

by CHARINE TAN - June 6, 2017October 12, 2017

Reading Time: Third time's the charm; the proverb rings true in this case. I first tasted the Doja Prokupac at Vinodonia Skopje Wine Salon in November 2016 and a second time at Salon Vina Kragujevac in April 2017. It wasn't until a month ago, when I finally had the pleasure of enjoying a

Fine Serbian Wine On Belgrade’s Doorstep

Serbian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - April 7, 2017April 8, 2017

Reading Time: We've spent three months of 2016-2017 in Serbia visiting wine producers and walking away thoroughly impressed (more articles on Serbian wine will be released soon). Over the course of three months, we traveled to the far corners of the country and with that sort of coverage---naturally---we felt confident

Matalj Kremen Kamen: A Vertical Tasting

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - March 27, 2017January 1, 2019

Reading Time: Recently, we were fortunate to take part in a rare vertical tasting of what is widely considered to be Serbia's finest red wine. We were elated by the opportunity as it isn't every day that one gets to taste all the vintages of this wine side by side.

Vinodonia Skopje Wine Salon Impressions

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 6, 2017October 7, 2017

Reading Time: After a whirlwind, two-month period launching our book Uncorking the Caucasus in Georgia and Armenia, we decided it was time to leave the region. Winter was starting in Tbilisi and the cold weather came quickly, so we jumped on a plane and headed to the Former Yugoslavian Republic of

Serbian Grand Cru on the Slopes of Danube

Serbian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - February 2, 2017October 20, 2017

Reading Time: Following Serbia's wine route has led us to many surprises. Many of the Serbian wines are excellent and show tremendous potential to lift the country onto the world stage of wine. Among those, one Serbian wine region stands out with enviable soil, location, and climate for making world-class wines.

Prokupac from South-Central Serbia

Serbian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - September 27, 2016September 1, 2017

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Reading Time: When we commenced our ex-Yugoslavia trip, we chose to start with Serbia, end with Croatia, and sandwich the other countries in between. There was no outside information on Serbia wine and our expectations for it could not be any lower. We were completely shocked by what we tasted.

Dušan Jelić: A Perspective on Balkan Wines

Serbian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - September 12, 2016April 24, 2018

Reading Time: We first met Dušan Jelić at a Serbian wine expo in Kragujevac, Serbia. Prior to that, we were already following his website Wines of Balkans for a few years. The information on Wines of Balkans was invaluable as we made our way through the region over three months in the