Balkan Wine and Food Pairing in Amsterdam
This past Sunday we tasted the finest wines coming from the Balkan peninsula at the event organized by Terroir Journey and Once Upon A...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jan 31
- 6 min
Öküzgözü from all around Turkey
Turkey is home to more than 1000 grape varieties and has been doing wine for more than 7000 years. Unfortunately people outside of Turkey...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jan 27
- 3 min
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
The hopeless love of Chamlija's Kara Sevda
What is love? Maybe this bottle is an answer? Kara Sevda translates as 'black love' (perhaps, better even ''hopeless'') and one might...
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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 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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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 10, 2021
- 5 min
Discover Burgundy. Domaine Louis Lequin - 400 years in Santenay
Not a celebrity appellation hidden amongst the famous Grand Cru sharks of Burgundy? Very good, sounds like an appellation to discover!...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 9, 2021
- 5 min
Discover The Biodynamic Bordeaux - Clos Puy Arnaud
Once you meet Thierry Valette, you know it's time to listen with 200% of attention, absorb as much knowledge as possible and remember all...
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Henrietta Straton
- Jul 9, 2021
- 9 min
Discover The Biodynamic Bordeaux - Chateau Le Puy - 400 years of natural wine
When we speak about the world's top wine regions, the ones that even the non-drinkers heard about, we all mention Bordeaux, Burgundy,...
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