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By 0European Wines, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  Several years ago, I went on my first wine tour in Hungary. I've been a Hungarian wine lover for years, but before this tour, had never heard of Somló. One short visit (which you can read about here!) and I was an enthusiastic convert to this exciting region.  Somló and Kolonics Pincészet  Hungary is a smallish country so, one logically expects that its wine regions would also be small in size (if not production or quality!). However, the miniscule size of the Somló region still takes one by surprise. It is a single, free-standing (as in not part of a series or foothills etc) hill. You can see the entirety if

By 0European Wines, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  The Vatistas Ioannis Winery was born in the 1990s when Ioannis Vatistas decided to turn his love of wine into a winery. He created his vineyards in one of the most viticulturally advantageous areas of Monemvasia; setting them on the plain of Voion and on the slopes of Pantanassa. Over the years, the vineyards have expanded considerably. The Vatistas family now has over 400 acres of Greek and international varieties.  While many of us know and love some of the grapes in the Vatistas vineyards, like Kydonitsa, Mavroudi, Monemvasia, Roditis, Mantilaria, Assyrtiko, Aidani , Athiri, Agiorgitiko, and Malagouzia; others are significantly less familiar. Since they first started bottling in

By 0European Wines, Red Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  I've mentioned my friend S. a few times here and there in my blog. A teacher here in Istanbul, she drives home to Austria every summer and returns with a car full of goodies. Tis not a short drive from Istanbul to Austria, nor do we share a border. As such, her trips take her through a number of other countries and she usually stops for a few days here and there (especially to sleep!) along the way.  Last year, her winding journey took her through the southern part of Romania where she stopped at several wineries. And because she is awesome, bought wine for me at all of

By 0European Wines, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  I've been to the Peloponnese a couple times now, but have yet to make it as far north as Patras. Although I would really like to do so; particularly enjoying the wines from Achaia as I do. If I manage to make it, one winery I am sure to visit is Sant'Or. Located only 30 km from Patras in the historic village Santameri, Sant'or sits at 600 meters in the foothills of the Scolis mountain. The winery takes its name from the ruins of Saint Or castle built by the Franks-Flemish in 1273 which dominate the mountain. Here the family behind Sant'Or organically farms Roditis, Agiorgitiko, Mavrodafni, and the

By 1European Wines, Red Wine, Wine Reviews

  Camilla from Culinary Cam has invited the Italian Food Wine Travel writing group to explore the vast world of indigenous Italian grapes this March. You can read her invitation here. Of all the major wine players in the world, Italy has almost* more indigenous varieties than anyone else with over 500 officially identified grapes so there's a lot to explore! [easy-image-collage id=20064] Join us for a live Threads chat on March 9 at 11 am EST/8 am PST where participating bloggers and others interested in the subject will connect and chat. You can definitely still join the blog event if you're not available for the chat. Despite my love of Italian

By 0European Wines, Sweet Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  The Budapest airport forever confuses me, regardless of how many times I've been through. Duty free is before immigration which I continuously forget meaning I'm always almost going to miss my flight by the time I've browsed the couple shops I like then get in the loooong, slow line for immigration. It was on one of these "I forgot passport control was yet to come" trips that I found this Oremus Tokaji Aszú in Duty Free. Selling me a Tokaji Aszú is probably the easiest thing anyone could do. I did hesitate over the price, it was I think the single most expensive bottle of wine I'd ever bought.

By 2Amber Wine, Amphora, European Wines, Orange Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  I had my first encounter with Sideritis at the Athens wine expo Oenorama a couple years ago. Only two or three examples were available to try at the time, but I've since been able to hunt down a few more. Never heard of Sideritis? Not surprising. While it seems to be moving on from 'rare' and into 'emerging', it's still not something you'll find on everyone's list/shelves.  A pink-skinned grape, Sideritis (Σιδερίτης) can be found in a few different locations around Greece, namely Patras on the Peloponnese peninsula, Central Greece, and in northern Greek in Macedonia. It takes its name from the Greek word ‘sidero’ (iron), referring to the

By 0European Wines, Rose Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine Reviews

  This month, Camilla from Culinary Cam has invited us all to share our love for rosé wines - which are not just for summer! - and, since it's February, to put a little romantic spin on things. You can read her invitation here and follow along the discussion on Saturday, February 10 at 8am EST / 11am CST on Threads.  I'm not much of a rosé girl myself; but bubbles are a completely different story! So, since I couldn't think of any particularly romantic food options (the dessert I did being the exception perhaps), I decided to go romantic with my wines! Hello, Greek traditional method bubbles.  PDO Amyndeon (ΠΟΠ