wine

Time to taste the Dingač wines I’ve been writing about. In this blind tasting of eight reds from the Pelješac Peninsula, the winners may not be the ones you expect!

The Pelješac Peninsula, the Plavac Mali grape varietal, and the Dingač micro-region. Plus a few wineries.

Mulled wine is the official beverage of Christmas markets all over Eastern Europe. Discover my recipe and its secret ingredients!

Textúra is the younger sibling of one of the few Budapest restaurants to have a Michelin star. Let’s look at the chef’s mystery tasting menu with Hungarian wine pairings!

At the forefront of the Hungarian dining scene, Bock Bisztró serves many Hungarian classics, often re-interpreted with a twist.

In my last post, we toured the old cellar of Montenegro’s largest winery, 13. Jul Plantaže, aka simply Plantaže. That renovated facility focuses on the production of wines destined for the premium…

If I asked you where Europe’s largest vineyard is located, what would you say? Champagne, where world-renowned houses produce astronomical amounts of bubbly to quench the thirst of an ever-growing market? No…

Tucked up in the northwestern corner of Hungary, Sopron is one of the oldest cities in the country. It’s also in a significant wine-producing region, one of the few to make both reds and whites.…

Wait, Czech Republic makes wine, not just beer and neon-green booze? Yes! So let’s start with a quick primer on Czech wine. There are two wine regions in Czech Republic: Bohemia and…