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The 2024 edition of Le Mondial des Vins Blancs is due mid-March in Strasbourg. The competition is the only global competition, which is entirely dedicated to the diversity of the world’s white wines. Since its birth as Riesling du Monde in Strasbourg back in 1998, the competition has been recognizing the great white wines fromFortsæt læsning “Le Mondial des Vins Blancs to take place in March, Wine Trade Fair as well”

Flying in from London, Halifax is easily accessible, and Nova Scotia is such a lovely place to visit. Beautiful, rugged coastlines, crazy good sea food and the super charming city of Halifax with its rich history, which you feel everywhere. Along the waterfront with its many monuments, the Public Gardens and the Citadel, which hasFortsæt læsning “Cool climate Canada – look for Nova Scotia”

Imagine sitting on a taverna in Greece on a hot summer’s day. You enjoy a lovely platter of meze whilst drinking Retsina. Isn’t life just wonderful! Fast forward to your everyday life. You go to your wine shop and is recommended a bottle of… Retsina. “Oh, no! Not Retsina!” You know, it doesn’t have toFortsæt læsning “Is Retsina finally getting the recognition and love, that it deserves?”

‘Once upon a time…’ Wait a minute. Allow me to come back to this a little later. I truly believe in Kékfrankos as a world class variety! And I am a firm believer in Kékfrankos from Sopron! Among her numerous intriguing grape varieties, Hungary has Kékfrankos, a quite remarkable black grape variety, which is widelyFortsæt læsning “Méses Videk– Fairytale Land”

Wine journalists, wine writers, bloggers, winelovers of the North – this one is for you! For the sixth year running, http://www.hungarianwines.eu with Ágnes Nemeth at the front organize a Web Wine Writing Competition and every edition comes with new, exciting categories, offering plenty of possibilities to display your writing skills and to have them judgedFortsæt læsning “Write and win a wine trip to Hungary!”

Talking about wine, Canada might not be the hottest of topics – and talking about Canada, wine is most certainly not top of one’s mind, I suppose. Or, so it has been. This just might be about to change. The image of the vast country, that Canada is, is that of an immensely beautiful country,Fortsæt læsning “A Taste of Canada–a Canada well worth tasting!”

The 12th edition of The Balkans International Wine Competition will take place between June 1nd and 3th in Bistrita-Nasaud, Transylvania, Romania under the Auspices of Bistrita-Nasaud county and the open-air Balkan Wine Festival will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 15th and 17th June 2023. “The Balkan International Wine Competition is the best proof of how dynamic the Balkan wineFortsæt læsning “The 12th edition of Balkans International Wine Competition to take place in mysterious Transylvania in June 2023”

Le Mondial des Vins Blancs Strasbourg is the only global competition dedicated to the diversity of white wines and it is celebrating its silver anniversary this year. The competition was born as Riesling du Monde in Strasbourg in 1998 and ever since, for 25 years by now, Le Mondial des Vins Blancs Strasbourg has been recognizingFortsæt læsning “Le Mondial des Vins Blancs Strasbourg to take place in April”

The famed Tokaj region in the north-eastern part of Hungary is literally packed with small producers making beautiful wines and tasting wines from just a fraction of those producers one really gets an idea of how diverse Tokaj wines really are – and of course I don’t just refer to the many different categories ofFortsæt læsning “Karádi-Berger – part of modern day Erdőbénye living out its full potential”

Well, it’s only been two months since my last update on Hungary and yet I am ready to update you, once again… Couldn’t we talk about recent developments from all wine producing countries of the world? Most definitely, but in the case of Hungary, changes and developments continue to be seen and felt with everyFortsæt læsning “What’s new in Hungarian wine… – and a world gone crazy!”