wine

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…

Last summer, after touring Moldova, we crossed the border with Ukraine and headed towards Odessa. The goal wasn’t really Odessa itself, which I had already visited, but a remote village called Vylkove…

In my last post, I started reviewing the wine caves of Moldova. There are many other wineries in the country, and Sommelier‘s 2011 article here gives an optimistic but good overview of the…

My latest summer peregrinations took me to the little Republic of Moldova (3.5 million inhabitants). My friends and family asked me, several times and with more than a hint of incredulity, what there…