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The Unlikely Partners: Somlói Wine and Indonesian Stew

Reading Time: “I wonder if I can say that ‘One of the best Pinot Gris I’ve had is from Somló,’ without sounding pretentious.” Eva engages in a moment of thoughtful silence. “There’s very little Pinot Gris grown in Somló.” Yup, I can’t. A lesser-known wine country. A lesser-known wine region. A lesser-known (a lesser-planted grape to be …

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Exotic Wine Travel’s 17 Wines of 2017

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 over 2,000 wines. For professional …

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Etna: Wine on Fire

Reading Time: There are sixteen mountains around the world that are classified as “Decade Volcanoes”. A mountain qualifies for that title when it is located close to heavily populated areas and when it has a history of large eruptions. In the South Mediterranean, there is one example of these special forces of nature. It dominates …

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