Henrietta StratonJan 316 minÖküzgözü from all around TurkeyTurkey is home to more than 1000 grape varieties and has been doing wine for more than 7000 years. Unfortunately people outside of Turkey...
Henrietta StratonJan 273 minBüyülübag Öküzgozü-Boğazkere - the Turkish Wine ClassicsWhat is Turkey's answer to the classic Bordeaux blend? It's, of course, the marriage of Öküzgözü and Boğazkere. Both grapes are from East...
Henrietta StratonJan 174 minSlovenian Wine - the Balkan BurgundyThroughout its' history, Slovenia had all the ups and downs a winemaking country can possibly have. One thing is clear - today this tiny...
Henrietta StratonJan 134 minSerbian Wine - from BC to today's tastingsWhen you want to taste a high quality red wine it's quite unlikely that anything but Barolo, Bordeaux, Burgundy or Tuscany comes to your...
Henrietta StratonOct 5, 20218 minPaşaeli Wine Tasting in Amsterdam with Wines of TurkeyThis week I had my first wine meetup in the Netherlands with Wines of Turkey .NL - Turkish wine importer in the Netherlands. We were...
Henrietta StratonJul 27, 20213 minAcikara - a rare and indigenous Turkish grape rediscovered by LikyaI’m extremely excited about tasting new varieties, especially when they come from the place of their origin and have a story to inspire...
Henrietta StratonJul 27, 20213 minThe hopeless love of Chamlija's Kara SevdaWhat is love? Maybe this bottle is an answer? Kara Sevda translates as 'black love' (perhaps, better even ''hopeless'') and one might...
Henrietta StratonJul 27, 20214 minChamlija Kehribar 2019 - natural orange wine from TurkeyI don't really like pairing wine with food. This honesty might hurt me though as there's a widely accepted opinion that food makes wine...
Henrietta StratonJul 25, 20215 minDiscover the wines of Etna. PietradolceThis is a real mysterious gem on the slopes of Mt Etna wine region! Navigation kept making fun of us taking to different dirt roads,...
Henrietta StratonJul 25, 20214 minDiscover the wines of Etna. Tenuta delle Terre NereThe first Etna winery on my agenda was Tenuta delle Terre Nere, which in English means 'estate of black land'. The winery was founded by...
Henrietta StratonJul 20, 20216 minCortese di Gavi DOCG - the fine whites of PiemonteWhen you say Piemonte people tend to immediately think of Barolo. But the region has so many things that are not red. The crispy whites...
Henrietta StratonJul 20, 20219 minVietti - a century long Barolo saga in Castiglione FallettoI'm very pragmatic when choosing a winery to visit. Especially when it comes to Barolo DOCG - a region so rich in outstanding wine and...
Henrietta StratonJul 20, 20214 minMoscato d'Asti Wine Tasting at Gianni DogliaSo after my extensive research among Moscato d'Asti producers I found one that year after year wins at Gambero Rosso 3 "glasses"...
Henrietta StratonJul 20, 20213 minItalian Sparkling Wines from Moscato d'Asti DOCGDon't confuse Moscato d'Asti with Asti wine. One is 'frizzante' the other one is 'spumante'. Both bubbles, but very different ones. Are...
Henrietta StratonJul 19, 202110 minElio Altare & The Barolo Boys RevolutionBarolo is a very ‘political’ wine. How else? Aren’t we all seriously speaking about the ‘revolution’ that happened in a wine region and...
Henrietta StratonJul 15, 20214 minDiscover Burgundy. A Good Morning Bouzeron tasting at Domaine ChanzyTo be honest, Bouzeron was the first appellation that I planned to visit after completing my WSET course in Château de Pommard (I visited...
Henrietta StratonJul 15, 20213 minDiscover Burgundy. Bouzeron - Burgundy’s Top SecretAn appellation that spreads on only one village, only one variety. Bouzeron AOC was born in 1997 thanks to the efforts of insistent...
Henrietta StratonJul 6, 20217 minTurkish Island Wines from BozcaadaA rocky island where the Marmara Sea empties to the Agean Sea. Here winds never stop blowing and your safe haven is the picturesque coves...
Henrietta StratonJun 6, 20214 minBucelas Wine Region - the kingdom of Arinto right next to LisbonBucelas is one of Lisbon's 3 historic wines, now, unfortunately, threatened for extinction. At the same time it's the kingdom of Arinto...
Henrietta StratonJun 6, 20214 minRare grapes of Lisbon - Jampal by MANZWINE from CheleirosCheleiros just as Bucelas wine region is also in danger of being forgotten. Locals left their vineyards and fields for big city life, as,...