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Putting Furmint, Blaufränkisch and Welschriesling on the map
A groundbreaking tasting of three key Eastern European varieties across 10 countries at Kog 25 Pannonia. There is a tiny, picturesque village called Kog in the eastern corner of a...
Tamlyn Currin
Wednesday 8 October 2025
• 10 min read
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Haut les Vins – the wines
Wines from 'fanatical winemakers' (according to the associated tasting booklet), mainly but not exclusively French. Above, at the Vino Gross table, an animated Michael Gross is pictured with his wife...
Jancis Robinson
Wednesday 16 April 2025
• 4 min read
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Lorenza Pravato originally wrote a guide to this northern Italian city for our 2019 wine writing competition. Back then, she...
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This follows similar guidance on Bordeaux, the rest of France and Italy. A rather shorter version of this article is...
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A rare, ancient and indigenous Slovenian variety well worth seeking out.
The word zelen in Slovenian means ‘green’. Zelenjava means...
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This variety knows no borders, turning out a diverse array of compelling wines across central Europe. Furmint February has become...
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Pumpkin-seed oil as complex, terroir-reflective and delicious as great wine. The smell was rich in the air. Sweet, roasted, green...
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Styrian Sauvignon from Slovenia.
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The rain was coming down so...
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Caroline Gilby MW points out that western Slovenia is ahead of the sustainability game – so far. You can’t help...
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Some great wines and great experiences in ex-Yugoslavia's first independent republic.
Last autumn, Brad and I arrived in Slovenia. We...
Book reviews
Two books look at a tiny corner of the north Adriatic from two very different perspectives.
Pignolo Cultivating the invisible...
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Word of the day: penina . Slovenian sparkling wine. Double score on new language skills and new wine discoveries.
I...
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Tam explores the ageless sweet wines of Tokaj and beyond. For food pairings, see Tokaj at the table.
Although this...
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Just a two-hour (cheap) flight from London, the city of dragons might just be the perfect weekend getaway. It could...
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Eastern European specialist Caroline Gilby MW recently outlined just how important women are in Bulgarian wine. Here she takes a...
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For her introduction to her competition entry, Irene Graziotto writes: 'I have been surfing the wine world for over a...
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Last year, Wines of Hungary put on their annual Furmint February tasting just a couple of weeks before UK lockdown...
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Wines that deserve to be taken notice of, with apologies for grouping so many vibrant and distinctive cultures together. Seen...
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