riesling Archives - EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL

12 Croatian Wine Icons

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - June 24, 2020July 25, 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

Vinart Grand Tasting: Croatian Wine from the Archive

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 21, 2020July 25, 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

Slovak Wine With Style: Zlatý Roh

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 19, 2020July 25, 2020

Big German Wines From The Pfalz

German Wine

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

Reading Time: Charine has long raved about the big-bodied Riesling from the Pfalz while I haven't always share her enthusiasm. We recently spent several days visiting cellars in the region. After seeing the region first hand, would I change my mind? The Pfalz: A Dynamic German Wine Region The Pfalz is

Dynamic Rheinhessen

German Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 4, 2020July 25, 2020

Bianka-Daniel-Schmitt-Natural-Wine-Lineup

Reading Time: There was a time when sweet Liebfraumilch and cheap, bulk wine symbolized the Rheinhessen. Today things are different. The Rheinhessen may be Germany's most dynamic wine region. It's home to some of the most prestigious German wines, like the Keller G-Max Riesling. It is also home to some

Robert Weil, ‘Kiedrich Gräfenberg’ Prädikat Rieslings

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 28, 2020July 26, 2020

Robert Weil Kiedrich Grafenberg Pradikat

Fine German Riesling From The Nahe

German Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 21, 2020July 26, 2020

Nahe Riesling German Wine Niedherhauser Hermannshohle

Reading Time: "We're old-school," says Caroline Diel as she hands me a bottle of her hand-disgorged sparkler made from Riesling. That's the feeling I get visiting the producers in the Nahe. Even though the region is an hour's drive from Frankfurt, the producers here live in their own world. And

Rheinhessen Riesling

German Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - December 26, 2019July 26, 2020

Reading Time: The Rheinhessen does a lot more than mass-produced, semi-sweet wines. The Rheinhessen is Germany's largest wine-producing region by vineyard area. The German Wine Institute reports that there are close to 27,000 hectares of vineyards in the region spread out over three districts and 400+ individual sites. The Rheinhessen