Henrietta StratonApr 128 minBalkan Wine and Food Pairing in AmsterdamThis past Sunday we tasted the finest wines coming from the Balkan peninsula at the event organized by Terroir Journey and Once Upon A...
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, 20215 minThe Thracian terroir through Chamlija's Teruar SerisiWhat 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...
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 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 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 19, 20216 minContratto and the UNESCO cathedrals of Alta Langa DOCGIf you'd like to start with the overview of Alta Langa DOCG, learn about varieties, winemaking techniques and the famous Canelli...
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, 20219 minDiscover Burgundy. Pouilly-Fuissé tasting at Domaine ThibertDuring my stay in France tasting wine at 10 am became my everyday morning routine (except Sundays, of course :) As part of my wine trip...
Henrietta StratonJul 10, 20215 minDiscover Burgundy. Domaine des Malandes from ChablisPoor soil - the neutral, ready to sing about terroir Chardonnay loves it! As a result of a beautiful serendipity, in Chablis I paid a...
Henrietta StratonJul 10, 20215 minDiscover Burgundy. Domaine Louis Lequin - 400 years in SantenayNot a celebrity appellation hidden amongst the famous Grand Cru sharks of Burgundy? Very good, sounds like an appellation to discover!...
Henrietta StratonJul 9, 20215 minDiscover The Biodynamic Bordeaux - Clos Puy ArnaudOnce you meet Thierry Valette, you know it's time to listen with 200% of attention, absorb as much knowledge as possible and remember all...
Henrietta StratonJul 9, 20219 minDiscover The Biodynamic Bordeaux - Chateau Le Puy - 400 years of natural wineWhen we speak about the world's top wine regions, the ones that even the non-drinkers heard about, we all mention Bordeaux, Burgundy,...