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Orange Wine Festival 2018: Here To Stay

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Reading Time: Are they orange wines or are they amber wines? Are these wines the real deal or are they just a fad? Whatever you want to call these wines, we love them and don't get sick of them. That's why we chose to attend the Orange Wine Festival in Vienna

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

Klinec and Mlečnik: Slovenian Wines Of Purity

Slovenian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - January 2, 2018August 27, 2018

Reading Time: We've spent significant time traveling and tasting through the Ex-Yugoslavian region. For some reason, we have put very little focus on Slovenia. After finishing our book Cracking Croatian Wine, we decided to make a week-long tasting trip through Goriška Brda, Kras, and Vipava Valley. Our tasting trip through

Highlights from Orange Wine Festival 2017

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - December 8, 2017July 5, 2018

In November 2017, we took the train from Budapest, Hungary to Vienna, Austria to attend the Orange Wine Festival 2017. We are huge fans of orange wines (macerated white/skin-contact amber wines). It was our first time at this annual event, and it was everything we had hoped it would be. Orange

Kabaj and Movia: Slovenian Wines with Big Personalities

Slovenian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - October 25, 2017August 27, 2018

Reading Time: After finishing our book Cracking Croatian Wine, we decided to make a week-long tasting trip through Goriška Brda, Kras, and Vipava Valley. Our trip through Western Slovenia yielded many gems and exceeded our already lofty expectations. The quality of winemaking in Slovenia is outstanding and several producers are on

15 Amber Wines (Orange Wines) to Try in Croatia

Croatian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - September 11, 2017July 6, 2018

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Reading Time: Refreshing like white, complex like red, versatile like sparkling, and fun like rosé: here comes orange wine. While those descriptors are mere generalizations, they do accurately illustrate the various facades of orange wine. Many people believe orange wine is having a moment. Some consider it to be the latest

Ronchi di Cialla and Moschioni: Wines of Friuli’s Indigenous Red Grapes

Italian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - May 25, 2017July 6, 2018

Reading Time: Friuli-Venezia Giulia is arguably the source of Italy's most exciting white wines. We were impressed with the whites when we visited, but beyond just the whites, we were also astonished by the diversity of the wine region. There are a shocking number of excellent red wines being made

Bastianich and Jermann: Iconic Friulian Wine

Italian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 20, 2017July 6, 2018

Reading Time: When we selected wineries to visit during our Friuli-Venezia Giulia trip, we wanted to taste the best that the region had to offer. Most of our trip focused on visiting small producers. Several larger producers have left their mark on the wine scene and we wanted to visit

Classic Wines from Borgo del Tiglio and Meroi

Italian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 10, 2017May 8, 2017

Reading Time: Nice white wines and a few amber wine producers. That was our impression of Friuli-Venezia Giulia before we visited the region. It turns out that both of our initial impressions are correct, but there's more to Friuli than that. It's a dynamic region with so many different styles of