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Desprat Saint-Verny Basalte 2017

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 27, 2020July 25, 2020

desprat saint verny petites grappes sur basalte gamay

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

Francuska Vinarija: Serbian Wine By The French

Serbian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 18, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: It took us nearly two years to track down the wines from Francuska Vinarija. These wines are made by a French couple, Estelle & Cyrille Bongiraud, in eastern Serbia. The Bonigraud's were in search of a great, lost terroir when they stumbled upon the village of Rogljevo in

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

See You in Serbia #Winelover Trip

Serbian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - October 20, 2017October 22, 2017

Reading Time: We had a fantastic time at the (Facebook) #winelover's See You In Serbia trip. Having spent nearly six months in the country, we consider ourselves rather familiar with Serbian wines. Because of that, we oscillated between "Let's go. I'm excited!" and "Meh. I'm not sure if we will see, taste,

Fruška Gora: The Innovative Serbian Wine Region

Serbian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - August 31, 2017September 20, 2019

Reading Time: North Serbia is home to what is perhaps the most experimental wine region in the country. Ironically it is one of its oldest wine regions as well, a place where Marcus Aurelius ordered vines to be planted 1700 years ago. For modern producers, what is old is new again. The