Other Europe
The wine world continues to expand apace and new and exciting wines can be found now in so many different regions. Use the links below to find delicious wines from Portugal, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Greece and England.
Grüner veltliner is one of the most adaptable of grapes for food. Like Alsace's pinot gris, it has a touch of spice, can be richly textured or lighter and zesty; and it has plenty of flavour, but not enough to dominate your dish. ...
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The quality of English wines, both sparkling and still, is on the up. This is mainly due to a combination of investment in both vineyard and winery. The 2012 crop was small throughout the country due to poor summer weather but the wines produced are of good quality....
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Greece is a surprising source of excellent individual whites. The red Thymiopoulos Naoussa, 2011 is as delicious as ever and is catching the attention of many journalists and Wine Society members....
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Climate change may or may not be responsible for an unprecedented decade of fine riesling vintages. 2011 saw the best dry rieslings to date and 2012s are also looking wonderfully full of flavour, fruit and lively ripe acidity, partly because yields were low and...
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Hungary has always been more famous for its spicy, fiery whites than its reds and its unique contribution to the wine world's palette, Tokay....
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By enduring such an extreme heating process in its youth, fortified wine from Madeira withstands possible oxidation problems and can last for years and years. Once opened, a bottle can last for months. Malvasia is the Portuguese name for the malmsey grape and suppliers...
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This is our first listing of Vranac, the excellent full red native to the Balkans. It revels in the baking summer heat of Montenegro, keeping freshness and improving with age....
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Romanian viticulture dates back more than 6,000 years. Its wines are now on the up as production is scaled down and focus shifts to quality rather than quantity. Several indigenous grapes are producing wines well worth exploring....
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RedsWe were delighted last year to be made the International Wine Challenge Merchant of the Year for Portugal in recognition of the steps we have made to introduce a wider range of Portuguese wines to a larger audience. Many of these wines appear only in mixed cases or...
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