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The Loire: Muscadet, Savennières, Saumur-Champigny, and More

French Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - July 18, 2019July 18, 2019

Reading Time: The Loire is the third-largest wine-producing region by volume in France. The river is over 1000 kilometers (600 miles) in length and there are over 50 appellations in the region. The variety of wines produced here are staggering, everything from still to sparkling to sweet. It would take

Taste Champagne Hong Kong By Tyson Stelzer

French Wine

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

Reading Time: While Charine is crazy about Champagne, I've always been slow to the party. Over the years I've attempted to become knowledgeable about sparkling wines, especially Champagne. The Taste Champagne Hong Kong by Tyson Stelzer was a great opportunity to sharpen my palate further. There were 30 houses pouring over 130

Tasmanian Wine: Pinot Noir & Sparkling Wine

Australian Wine

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

Tyson Stelzer Tasmanian Pinot Noir Tasmanian Sparkling Wine

Reading Time: Tasmania has always piqued my interest. Perhaps it was my interest in zoology as a kid. Learning about the extinct Tasmanian Wolf and extant Tasmanian Devil made the island seem so exotic. Fast forward to the present day and it's an exciting region for my current interest -

Hacaj Cuvée De Prestige Brut Nature 2014

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - October 18, 2018October 19, 2018

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

Cracking Croatian Wine in Istria (Part 4/4)

Croatian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - September 20, 2018October 5, 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. There was so much to share about Istria that we ended up shooting four episodes there. In part 1 of Cracking Croatian Wine in Istria, we offer

VinNatur: A Proponent of Checks and Balances

Italian Wine

by CHARINE TAN - August 31, 2018January 19, 2019

Reading Time: "You're a really good agriculturist but you're a bad winemaker." Angiolino Maule, La Biancara's winemaker and founder, thinks this statement from oenologist Franco Giacosa might have changed the course of his life as a winemaker. "In the past, I would say a good wine is 90% vineyard and 10% winery. Today, I

Sieur D’Arques, Toques et Clochers 2013

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - July 4, 2018October 3, 2018

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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

Matyšák Winery

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 12, 2018July 5, 2018

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