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Austria in Layers: How ÖTW Defines the Character of Its Vineyards

From the Danube Valley to Burgenland and beyond, a tasting of 560 ÖTW Erste Lagen wines reveals how Austria’s vineyards express their landscapes, histories, and identities in every glass. Austria’s wine country may seem small on the map, but it contains worlds within it. From river valleys carved millions of years ago to sunlit terraces of loess and limestone, each landscape shapes its own story … Continue reading Austria in Layers: How ÖTW Defines the Character of Its Vineyards

Rowena Dumlao
Europe, Events, Wineries, Wineries in Europe

Vins d’Alsace Digital Fair 2021: First Virtual Tasting of Alsace Wines

The first four editions of the Salon Vins d’Alsace had seen great successes but with the global pandemic in 2020, the organization of the fifth edition had posed a significant challenge. With the tenacity of keeping the wheels turning, the wine fair was reinvented to a digital one, in conformity to the current situation where the physical presence of attendants can constitute as a problem. … Continue reading Vins d’Alsace Digital Fair 2021: First Virtual Tasting of Alsace Wines

Rowena Dumlao
Europe, Events

International Prokupac Day 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia

Prokupac, the celebrated indigenous red grape of Serbia, took the spotlight again on its second anniversary in Belgrade. I was among the forty people, all winelovers, who flew from all over the world, who were enthusiastic in uncovering the wines made from these grapes. These wines don’t get much attention outside Serbia since its small exportation is limited only to Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. On … Continue reading International Prokupac Day 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia

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Les Garrigues: Venturing into an Unexplored Gastronomic Corner of Catalonia, Spain

Getting to know a place shouldn’t limit us to seeing what is in front of us. It also entails the usage of our senses of smell and taste to get a profound cognizance of why we are in that spot in the first place. When we taste the local gastronomy, it is something that is particularly unique from that place because whatever grows in that … Continue reading Les Garrigues: Venturing into an Unexplored Gastronomic Corner of Catalonia, Spain

Rowena Dumlao
Europe, Events

Sommeliers’ Selection 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey

March has gone by quite fast and I didn’t even get the chance to write about my extraordinary experience with the Turkish wines in the Sommeliers’ Selection held in St. Regis Hotel in Istanbul last 25 – 26 February that was organized by Gustobar. I had a very fast-paced trip to Istanbul arriving from Rome at midday on the 25th just in time for a … Continue reading Sommeliers’ Selection 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey

Rowena Dumlao