Büyülübag Öküzgozü-Boğazkere - the Turkish Wine Classics
What is Turkey's answer to the classic Bordeaux blend? It's, of course, the marriage of Öküzgözü and Boğazkere. Both grapes are from East...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jan 17, 2022
- 4 min
Slovenian Wine - the Balkan Burgundy
Throughout its' history, Slovenia had all the ups and downs a winemaking country can possibly have. One thing is clear - today this tiny...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jan 13, 2022
- 4 min
Serbian Wine - from BC to today's tastings
When you want to taste a high quality red wine it's quite unlikely that anything but Barolo, Bordeaux, Burgundy or Tuscany comes to your...
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Henrietta Straton
- Oct 5, 2021
- 8 min
Paşaeli Wine Tasting in Amsterdam with Wines of Turkey
This week I had my first wine meetup in the Netherlands with Wines of Turkey .NL - Turkish wine importer in the Netherlands. We were...
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Henrietta Straton
- Sep 26, 2021
- 5 min
Thrace Wine Route - an immense wine region right next to Istanbul
The Thrace Wine Route (Trakya Bağ Rotası in Turkish) is the oldest wine route in the country that actually unites 4 separate wine routes...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 27, 2021
- 5 min
The Thracian terroir through Chamlija's Teruar Serisi
What fascinates us the most in wine? For me it's the ability of a grapevine to tell us the story of the land, the year and the men and...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 27, 2021
- 3 min
Acikara - a rare and indigenous Turkish grape rediscovered by Likya
I’m extremely excited about tasting new varieties, especially when they come from the place of their origin and have a story to inspire...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 27, 2021
- 6 min
Chamlija - the winery of the Thracians
When you're visiting a winery the last thing you do is actually tasting wines. First of all (at least for me) it's meeting the people...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 25, 2021
- 5 min
Discover the wines of Etna. Pietradolce
This is a real mysterious gem on the slopes of Mt Etna wine region! Navigation kept making fun of us taking to different dirt roads,...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 25, 2021
- 4 min
Discover the wines of Etna. Tenuta delle Terre Nere
The first Etna winery on my agenda was Tenuta delle Terre Nere, which in English means 'estate of black land'. The winery was founded by...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 20, 2021
- 6 min
Cortese di Gavi DOCG - the fine whites of Piemonte
When you say Piemonte people tend to immediately think of Barolo. But the region has so many things that are not red. The crispy whites...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 20, 2021
- 9 min
Vietti - a century long Barolo saga in Castiglione Falletto
I'm very pragmatic when choosing a winery to visit. Especially when it comes to Barolo DOCG - a region so rich in outstanding wine and...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
Moscato d'Asti Wine Tasting at Gianni Doglia
So after my extensive research among Moscato d'Asti producers I found one that year after year wins at Gambero Rosso 3 "glasses"...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 19, 2021
- 10 min
Elio Altare & The Barolo Boys Revolution
Barolo is a very ‘political’ wine. How else? Aren’t we all seriously speaking about the ‘revolution’ that happened in a wine region and...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 19, 2021
- 6 min
Contratto and the UNESCO cathedrals of Alta Langa DOCG
If you'd like to start with the overview of Alta Langa DOCG, learn about varieties, winemaking techniques and the famous Canelli...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 15, 2021
- 4 min
Discover Burgundy. A Good Morning Bouzeron tasting at Domaine Chanzy
To be honest, Bouzeron was the first appellation that I planned to visit after completing my WSET course in Château de Pommard (I visited...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 15, 2021
- 9 min
Discover Burgundy. Pouilly-Fuissé tasting at Domaine Thibert
During my stay in France tasting wine at 10 am became my everyday morning routine (except Sundays, of course :) As part of my wine trip...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 10, 2021
- 5 min
Discover Burgundy. Domaine des Malandes from Chablis
Poor soil - the neutral, ready to sing about terroir Chardonnay loves it! As a result of a beautiful serendipity, in Chablis I paid a...
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