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Wine heroes of Herzegovina
Head inland from the Adriatic to explore a wine region like no other. Balkan wine expert Caroline Gilby MW reports from her latest trip. Above, the historic village of Pocitelj...
Dr Caroline Gilby MW
Friday 21 February 2025
• 3 min read
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Central and Eastern European wines, part 2 – continental
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...
Tamlyn Currin
Wednesday 28 August 2024
• 6 min read
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Central and Eastern European wines, part 1 – Mediterranean
Jancis Robinson
Tuesday 27 August 2024
• 3 min read
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London-based, Hungarian-born wine writer Lilla O’Connor takes a journey through Romania's Banat region, where ancient vineyards are entering a new...
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Just north of Greece and Albania, this land-locked country is reinventing its wine industry for the modern day, reports Caroline...
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Getting a grip on Slovakia’s grape varieties and geography to access its exciting wines.
There was a buzz of curiosity...
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Moldova is at last realising her winegrowing potential. Above, a typical Moldovan village scene today courtesy of Caroline Gilby MW...
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6 February 2020 We're republishing this unusual report free today. 28 January 2020 Eastern European specialist Caroline Gilby MW explores...
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Some wines worth seeking out – and some not – from Greece, Lebanon, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia, all...
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Here is the 39th published entry into our wine writing competition, as penned by Daniel Ercsey.
Budapest-based journalist and wine...
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You may be wondering why we sometimes publish one and sometimes both of the articles submitted in our hugely popular...
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Julia writes: This collection of 159 tasting notes, like all the others listed in this guide, is a team effort...
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While recovering from a wonderful Barolo Night last night with its glorious array of 2010s, we present the first of...
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There’s no doubt in my mind and on my palate that there is huge potential for Hungarian reds and dry...
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A month ago I judged on a stage in a new hall in Riga, Latvia, on which millions of eyes...
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Slovenia is like an eastern extension of Friuli in north east Italy or, as the Slovenians might put it, Friuli...
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