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Krásná Hora Sauvignon Barrel Selection 2015

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 28, 2019April 9, 2019

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

Grand Cro Croatian Wine: 16 Wines Worth Trying

Croatian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 20, 2019March 27, 2019

Reading Time: It's time to give Croatian wine a look. With four major wine regions, true Mediterranean and Continental climates, and over a hundred indigenous varieties the country is poised to make a splash on the world market. Now the country needs to focus on promotion - enter the first

James Suckling Great Wines of Italy Hong Kong 2018

Italian Wine

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

James Suckling Great Wines of Italy Hong Kong1

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

Corcova Dessert 2013

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - October 4, 2018October 10, 2018

Dagon Estate Sandridge Fetească Neagră Reserve 2016

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - August 14, 2018August 14, 2018

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Premiere Napa Valley 2018: Our Favorites

American Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - August 9, 2018August 9, 2018

Reading Time: In February 2018, Charine and I participated in the Wine Writer's Symposium in addition to Premiere Napa Valley 2018. We flew from Zagreb, Croatia to Detroit, MI to spend a little time with my family. We then chose to drive across I-80 from Michigan to Napa Valley in

Cracking Croatian Wine in Plešivica

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - June 22, 2018June 22, 2018

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. Our first stop on this journey was Plešivica. It's a wine region that delivers some of the best Croatian wines but somehow still receives

Revisiting Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Italian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - May 25, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: We love the wines of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Earlier in 2017, we did a weeklong tasting trip through the region, visiting some iconic producers. After that trip, we became hooked on these wines. After six weeks touring through the wine regions of Hungary and Slovakia, our friend Vedran drove up

Wheeler Farms Sauvignon Blanc 2016

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - May 1, 2018

Chamlija: Wines of the Black Sea

Turkish Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - January 16, 2018July 5, 2018

Reading Time: When we made our seven-week trip through Turkey in the summer of 2015, we were green in the wine industry. What made the situation more challenging was the lack of online information about Turkish wine. The Turkish laws forbad advertising for alcoholic beverages, which included advertising on online domains.