February 18 is National Drink Wine Day, dubbed "Global Drink Wine Day" by our friend Casey at Travelling Corkscrew in Australia. Hers is branding we can get behind. We'll be drinking wine in Madrid, Spain the day of (this Sunday), and in further celebration of this as a global event, we've decided to take a look at wines from countries that are a bit off the beaten path for the typical wine drinker. Romania, Slovenia, Armenia, Bulgaria, and Croatia each get a look here.
Read moreIntroducing you to affordable Balkan wines from Macedonia, Slovenia, and Croatia
We recently sampled bottles from Macedonia, Slovenia, and Croatia courtesy of the Balkan Wine Project and our friend Louis at the Vineyard wine shop in McLean, VA. There's great history wrapped in wine regions that most of us know very little about. Let's not fail to mention, also, how affordable these wines are. Balkans and otherwise, there's great value to be had buying wine off the beaten path.
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