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A Glimpse Into The World Of The Wine Merchant

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - September 26, 2019September 27, 2019

Reading Time: When you walk into a local wine shop, do you ever wonder how the bottles were selected? In 2018, the OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine) reported that 293 million hectoliters of wine were produced - that's equivalent to nearly 40 billion bottles of wine! Out of

Antinori Lineup – More Than Tignanello

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - September 24, 2019September 25, 2019

Antinori Tignanello Guado al Tasso Tormaresca PRunotto Villa Antinori

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

James Suckling Great Wines of Italy Hong Kong 2018

Italian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 6, 2019February 6, 2019

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Reading Time: In December of 2018, we attended James Suckling Great Wines of Italy Hong Kong, an event that we had been looking forward to for a long time. The Hong Kong event was the second stop on the James Suckling Great Wines of Italy Tour Asia 2018, which also

11 Sardinian Wines From The Cagliari Wine & Food Festival

Italian Wine

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

Super Tuscan Sangiovese

Italian Wine

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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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

Santa Barbara County: Appellations and Wine Region’s Layout

American Wine

by CHARINE TAN - August 26, 2017July 6, 2018

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Reading Time: Check out our wine travel guide to Santa Barbara Wine Country. Located on the southern end of the Central Coast appellation, Santa Barbara County is about 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles, California. The history of this wine country can be traced back to five million years ago: tectonic activity

Slumming It at the Lompoc Wine Ghetto

American Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - May 8, 2017July 6, 2018

Reading Time: Check out our wine travel guide to Santa Barbara Wine Country. Lompoc, California was the first stop of our weeklong tasting trip in Santa Barbara County. Driving down CA-246 on the way to Lompoc, the views of Sta. Rita Hills were stunning. We arrived at sunset, greeted by the incredible

Valle de Tintos Reserva 2013

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 22, 2017July 6, 2018

Reading Time: Welcome to As Drunk By Exotic Wine Travel, a new weekly column where we feature wines that are worth noting. The wine reviews featured in this series can be written by either one or the both of us. The featured wines can be from obscure or more well-known wine regions.