Published: 03 March, 2025
For the UK wine trade, 2024 was the year Central Europe and the Balkans went mainstream. A series of tastings highlighting wines from around the region, from countries within it (notably Hungary and Bulgaria, even tiny Moldova) and regions within countries (Hungary’s Tokaj, Serbia’s Vojvodina) dotted the London events calendar, with high attendance levels showing the scale of interest. Coming up is Furmint February, the annual event highlighting Hungary’s best-known variety; and in early spring, a second pan-CEE (Central and Eastern Europe) tasting.
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Published: 19 February, 2025
Austria’s flagship grape variety is a sommelier favourite, and rightly so, with plenty to offer restaurant wine lists in terms of its broad range of styles and notable food friendliness. While it might not be quite the heyday for Grüner Veltliner in the UK on-trade that it once was, it’s a grape well worth exploring, particularly as it continues to evolve stylistically.
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Published: 21 August, 2024
Following the success of the inaugural CEE tasting, Justin Keay dives into the multi-faceted diversity of the region, spanning Central Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus.
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Published: 06 September, 2022
Howard Ripley Wines has taken the plunge in Central Europe, adding eight new producers from across the region to its portfolio.
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