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Tokaj & Co. Dvojka Samorodné Sladké 1990 & Tokajský Výber 5-putňový 2003

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - November 12, 2018November 12, 2018

Tokaj & Co Dvojka Tokajske Samorodne Sladke

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Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - November 1, 2018November 1, 2018

Reading Time: Make no mistake about it, we're crazy about Tokaj. Although it's only a three-hour drive east of Budapest, Tokaj feels a world apart. The Zemplen Mountains provide a stark contrast to the great plains of Hungary. The south slopes are covered in vineyards and engulf 27 small villages. Tokaj is

Slovak Tokaj: A Forgotten Region

Slovak Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 26, 2018December 4, 2018

Reading Time: Tokaj is one of the world's great wine regions. It's a name that is synonymous with great sweet wines (although more and more excellent dry wines come from the region). Nearly everyone associates Tokaj with Hungary. However, there is a small sliver of this region that sits in

Royal Tokaji, 6 Puttonyos Aszú 2013

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - April 5, 2018July 5, 2018

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Hungarian Wine: The Legendary Tokaj Region

Hungarian Wine

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - March 22, 2018November 7, 2018

Reading Time: Tokaj, Hungary is a place that Charine and I have been longing to visit. Thanks to our friends from WineSofa and Wine a'More Travel, our wish became a reality. The minute we stepped off the train it was obvious to us that Tokaj is all it is cracked

Barta, Öreg Király Dülo Mád 6 Puttonyos 2008 & 2010

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 21, 2018July 5, 2018

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Furmint Forum 2017 in Košice, Slovakia

by DR MATTHEW HORKEY - February 15, 2018March 7, 2018

Reading Time: The Slovak-Hungarian relation may not be the best, and the fact that the historic wine region of Tokaj is shared by both countries doesn't aid the relation either. A small group of people is working to tackle all that through wine. In December 2017, we took part in the

Kikelet Furmint Birtokbor 2014

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - November 30, 2017November 7, 2018

Nenad Trifunović: Connecting Taste with Heart

Croatian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - July 9, 2017July 6, 2018

Reading Time: Nenad Trifunović is the blogger behind vinopija.com, a leading Croatian wine blog. In the winter of 2016, Nenad was introduced to us as “the blogger guy”. Right after meeting him, we proceeded to a tasting of Georgian qvevri wine. That was when we quickly noticed Nenad’s fiercely independent and sharp

Understanding Croatian Wine with Cliff Rames

Croatian Wine

by EXOTIC WINE TRAVEL - November 29, 2016April 21, 2018

Reading Time: Based in New York City, Cliff Rames is a freelance writer and sommelier. We first heard about him in an episode of Wine Library TV many years ago. Between 2016 and 2017, we spent eight months traveling through Croatia and tasted thousands of wines in preparation for our