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Vinart Grand Tasting: Croatian Wine from the Archive

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 21, 2020April 28, 2020

Reading Time: Do you like wines with a touch of bottle age? Croatia is a fascinating country with plenty of quality wines made from both indigenous and international varieties. Thanks to the high volume of tourists and a voracious local market, the best producers sell out of their production every

WineOS 6: Croatian Wine & More

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 24, 2020March 25, 2020

Reading Time: Every January there's a gathering in Osijek dedicated to celebrating Croatian wines and the surrounding regions named WineOS. January 2020 marked the sixth edition of the festival. In addition to Croatian wines, there were selections from Hungary, Serbia, and Bosnia Herzegovina to taste. Here are my biggest takeaways from

Slovak Wine With Style: Zlatý Roh

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

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

Villányi Franc & Franc

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 17, 2020March 17, 2020

Reading Time: Tokaj might be the most famous and world-renowned Hungarian wine region. But ask a local what region they want to visit for a wine holiday and many will answer Villány. Located in the south, Villány was the first region to begin the quest for quality after the fall

Serbian Wine: Fruška Gora Terroir

Serbian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - November 12, 2019January 13, 2020

Reading Time: Visiting an old friend. That's what if felt like to revisit the Fruška Gora region and the Vojvodina Wine Show 2019 in Serbia. Fruška Gora was the first region Charine and I visited in the Balkans. You can get a glimpse of our first visit below (thank goodness

Antinori, More than Tignanello

Italian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - September 24, 2019January 4, 2020

Reading Time: If you consider yourself an Italian wine lover, then you'll likely have a visceral reaction when you hear the name "Tignanello". The internationally coveted Tignanello was released in 1974 with a 1971 debut vintage. It was the first wine produced in Chianti Classico that could not be classified

Moldovan Wine: Why It Matters and Why You Should Drink It

Moldovan Wine

by CHARINE TAN - September 17, 2019December 1, 2019

Reading Time: Here are a few things you should know about Moldova as a wine country. First, wine is constitutionally recognized as food. In March 2017, the Parliament of Moldova declared wine as a food product. The new law allows wine to be sold in shops after 22:00; advertising wine

Fine Wines From The Balkans International Wine Competition & Festival

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - August 14, 2019August 14, 2019

Balkans International Wine Competition and Festival Best Wines

Reading Time: In the Spring of 2019, Charine and I were invited to the 8th Annual 'Balkans International Wine Competition & Festival' in Sofia, Bulgaria. The contest is open to wineries from all countries located in or around the Balkan Peninsula. In addition to the contest, this year featured a

Petaluma ‘Evan’s Vineyard’ Coonawarra 2013

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - August 8, 2019August 8, 2019

Cracking Croatian Wine: Dalmatian Mainland

Croatian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - July 30, 2019July 30, 2019

Cracking Croatian Wine Dalmatian Mainland

Reading Time: In the Spring of 2018, we set out on a re-tour of Croatia to bring our book Cracking Croatian Wine: A Visitor Friendly-Guide to life. There was so much to share about Dalmatia that we ended up shooting five episodes on the region. This is the fourth episode about Dalmatia, ‘Cracking Croatian