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A UNESCO-Protected Vineyard Route: Lavaux (Switzerland)
Swiss wines haven’t been heard much worldwide due to being neighbors with 2 giant wine countries like France and Italy. Although their own people consume their own wines plenty, we can say that it’s not really possible to see Swiss wines in other countries. We too were unaware of Swiss wines until our visit to Read more
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Dubrovnik Wine Bars & Croatian Wines
Before saying hello to our little girl, we chose Dubrovnik for what would be our last trip alone for a while. When choosing our destination, we never imagined that we would taste this much wine in Croatia and buy nearly a suitcase full of wine on our way home 🙂 We had so little knowledge Read more
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A City Festival: Vinitaly and the City 2023 (Verona, Italy)
In honor of not letting April pass without a wine trip, we wanted to compile our experiences from the Vinitaly and the City Wine Festival that we attended last April. While preparing this post, it felt like we had visited again 🙂 Many historic buildings in Verona were specially prepared for the festival. For those Read more
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WSET3 Education in England
If you haven’t read it yet, we recommend reading our post WSET2 Education in France, which serves as an introduction to this topic, before reading this one. As a couple who has just freshly received the WSET3 exam results, we wanted to summarize our experiences regarding this education/certification program, particularly our international experiences. Are these Read more
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WSET2 Education in France
The first country that comes to everyone’s mind when they think of wine is undoubtedly France. Since we fell in love with the world of wine, France has been one of the geographies we’ve been eager to explore. When we decided to develop our wine knowledge through professional education, we naturally started researching whether we Read more
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London Wine Bars (England)
During our 1-week London trip planned for our WSET3 education, we of course didn’t waste our evenings. In order to both prepare our palates for the exam ( 🙂 ) and make new discoveries, we tried to explore London’s wine bars as much as possible. Although the intensive studying required by our course made these Read more
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English Wineries (Kent, East Sussex)
During our 1-week London trip planned for our WSET3 education, since we had come all the way to England, we didn’t hold back from exploring this geography that is one of the world’s newest wine regions. Although England has only recently started to be associated with wine thanks to the effects of global warming, the Read more
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Greek Islands Wines & Wineries (Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Milos) (Greece)
As our Greek Islands Cruise Tour, which we had planned months in advance, was approaching, the only topic we were researching like crazy was: Greek Wines! The wines we had recently had the chance to taste in both Drama and Chios had gotten us more than excited for our trip. Wine Regions of GreeceSource: https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/the-wine-regions-of-greece-map/ Read more
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Melnik Vineyard Route & Bulgarian Wines – Part 1
Melnik is a tiny town with a population of only 300, located in the Struma Valley in southwestern Bulgaria, which we could describe as Bulgaria’s equivalent of Sirince. The most notable feature of this town, where you’d find more people per randomly selected square meter in Istanbul, is that the surrounding region has a very Read more
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Budapest Wine Bars & Hungarian Wines
When we planned our 3-day trip to Budapest for the Sziget Music Festival, while thinking about what to do at the festival in the evenings, there was one topic we really wanted to integrate into our daytime city tours: Hungarian Wines! Although we had mostly heard Hungary’s name in the wine world through Hungarian oak Read more