Slovenia

A country at the crossroads, Slovenia has been quietly making high-class wines for over two millenia with many of the current wineries founded as far back as the 1500's.

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Hungary

For centuries, Hungary has been home to some of the most prized wines on earth. Again today, this rich winegrowing culture is the source of increasingly exciting wines.

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Austria

A vigorous wine culture with a distinguished history and plenty of energetic young winemaking talent: Austria has it all.

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Croatia

From a tumultuous 20th century, Croatia has emerged with strong, unique wines that define the diversity of their nation and showcase their centuries of viticulture.

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Georgia

At the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, Georgia is considered the homeland of viticulture and winemaking.

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In the News

Liter-ally, the Only Way to Start the New Year

SLOVENIA In classic post holiday season fashion, I’m just now writing the January newsletter on the 10th. January feels like you need to pop the clutch...
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Don’t fear the Juhfark

HUNGARY The book Wine Grapes refers to Juhfark (Yew-fark) as “perhaps the least modern or internationally appealing of Hungarian varieties.” Sold! We...
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An Interview With Sales Manager Eric Danch

HUNGARY Blue Danube California Sales and Hungarian Portfolio Manager Eric Danch discusses the state of the California market, the appeal indigenous grapes,...
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Pannon-demic Outbreak: Bott Frigyes, Wetzer, Kolonics, Apátsági and Heimann

HUNGARY The final container of 2018 is a coincidental snapshot of some of my favorite things happening in the region. We’ve added another Somlói tier...
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Wine Wednesday Spotlight

#WineWednesday Spotlight #168: Bodrog Borműhely Furmint Botrytis Selection

HUNGARY It’s Furmint February and time to drink Furmint! Furmint February is a campaign to promote Furmint, Hungary’s most widely planted white grape....
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#WineWednesday Spotlight #167: Trapl Sankt Laurent Reserve

AUSTRIA A great review from The Wine Enthusiast Magazine for the Trapl Sankt Laurent Reserve: 94 Points The dark allure of elderberry and black cherry has...
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#WineWednesday Spotlight #166: Bott Frigyes Kékfrankos

NEWS The Bott Frigyes Kékfrankos is not the first wine from the Kékfrankos grape that SommSelect Sommelier David Lynch has offered but “this version...
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Tasting Events

Jun 01 2019

By the Glass Take Over at The Spinster Sisters

SANTA ROSA The Spinster Sisters 401 South A Street Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Feb 08 2019

Wines of Eastern Europe with Tim Davey, Lone Wolf Imports

PORTLAND E&R Wine Shop 6141 SW Macadam Ave, Portland, OR 97239

Jan 23 2019

Georgian Wine Tasting

PALO ALTO Bevri, 530 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA, 94301

Dec 20 2018

Blue Danube Wine Tasting at Table Wine

PACIFICA Table Wine 1237 Linda Mar Shopping Center, Pacifica, CA 94044

HUNGARY

It’s Springtime! Megjött a kikelet!

When French eonologist Stéphanie Berecz founded Kikelet Pince with her husband Zsolt in Tarcal, Tokaj, she wanted a name that was easy to write... More Hungary

SLOVENIA

Pét-Nat, Charmat, Champenoise: plenty of bubbles for the Summer

Pétillant Naturel, or Pét-Nat for short, is a modern trend but its origin is not so new. Pét-Nats are made using the Méthode Ancestrale, the... More Slovenia

SLOVENIA

That’s what I do. I drink Peneče and I know things…

Whenever I hear Pétillant-naturel, methode ancestrale, Pét-nat, or even Peneče, I don’t immediately think Loire, I think Berkeley. Back in... More Slovenia

HUNGARY

A record number of lots for the 6th Great Tokaj Wine Auction

It’s hard to believe that it was three years ago this month that Blue Danubians Eric and Frank were inducted to the illustrious Confrérie de... More Hungary