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Central and Eastern European wines, part 2 – continental

Tamlyn Currin

Tamlyn Currin

Wednesday 28 August 2024 • 10 min read

Eastern Europe Czech Republic Hungary North Macedonia Serbia

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An eye-opening collection of wines from the land-locked countries on show at London's inaugural Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) wine fair. See Part 1 for coverage of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Cyprus, and come back tomorrow for wines from the Black Sea region.

Czech Republic

It speaks to the renaissance of the wines of the Czech Republic (or Czechia) that until last year, 2023, we had only 33 tasting notes for Czech wines. Within the space of 12 months, we’ve more than tripled that. Despite having a wine-producing history that spans millennia, beer has been a much more...

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