Wine & Rakija

Kutjevo Chardonnay 2011 — an older-vintage Croatian Chardonnay from Slavonia's Golden Valley, made by one of the world's oldest continuously operat...

Festigia Castello — a Croatian premium red from the Istrian peninsula, blending Mediterranean ripeness with structured tannins. Deep ruby color and...

Kindzmarauli is the wine most tied to Georgian supra toasts, the semi-sweet red poured for the first health of the night. Kakhuri Gvinis Marani (KG...

Kakhuri Gvinis Marani Kindzmarauli — a Georgian semi-sweet red from the Kvareli area of Kakheti, made from indigenous Saperavi grapes. Deep color, ...

Product of Armenia Pomegranate Wine — a fruit wine fermented from Armenian pomegranates rather than grapes. Sweet, fruit-forward, and tart-edged; t...

A reserve red like this is the bottle that came out for a proper Sunday dinner back in Romania, poured slow and talked over. Varancha's semi-dry Me...

A glass of Fetească Regală is the white wine poured out at a festive dinner back in Romania, something a little sweeter than the everyday bottle. V...

Varancha Reserve White — a semi-dry Eastern European white blending Romanian Fetească Albă with Chardonnay. Stone-fruit and citrus aromatics with a...

A Romanian red like this one showed up whenever the table was set for guests. This Fetească Neagră wine, 750ml (25.4fl oz), is bottled under the Mi...

Caucasus Valley Saperavi Tamara — a Georgian dry red built around the indigenous Saperavi grape, grown in the Kakheti region. Deep ruby color, ripe...

A semi-sweet red like this is what gets poured at a Georgian family table, alongside a spread that never seems to end. Medea bottles this Alazani V...

Medea Alazani Valley — a Georgian semi-sweet red from the Kakheti region, made from indigenous Saperavi grapes. Soft, fruit-forward, and gently swe...

Caucasus Valley Alazani Valley — a Georgian semi-sweet red built around the indigenous Saperavi grape, grown in the country's eastern Kakheti wine ...

Rubin Bear's Blood (Medveđa krv) — a semi-sweet Serbian red built in the Yugoslav tradition of dark, full-bodied table reds. Soft, juicy, gently sw...

VINA JAKA Red Table Wine — an everyday Serbian table red for the family meal. Soft, approachable, and easy on the palate.Tasting notes: Soft ruby c...

Choka Cherry Wine — a Serbian fruit wine built around ripe cherries rather than grapes. Sweet, gently tart, and lightly spirited; a soft alternativ...

Zvonko Bogdan Rosé — a Serbian dry rosé from the Vojvodina shores of Lake Palić, crafted by one of the country's most artistic winemakers. Refined ...

Tamjanika poured into small glasses means a family gathering is in full swing. Doja bottles this Tamjanika as a Serbian white wine, in a 750ml (25....

Rubin Melodija Tamjanika Chardonnay — a Serbian aromatic white blending indigenous Tamjanika with Chardonnay. Floral Muscat character meets crisp B...

A semi-dry Cabernet Sauvignon like this rounds out a holiday spread the way a good bottle always does back home. Crama Ceptura bottles this red sem...

This is the dark red wine poured alongside grilled lamb on the Dalmatian coast, glass after glass as the evening runs long. Terra Madre's Plavac Ma...

Family gatherings back home often opened with a bottle of Vranac poured for everyone at the table. Plantaže makes this Crnogorski Vranac, a Montene...

Assenovgrad Mavrud Reserve 2019 — Bulgaria's flagship indigenous red, grown on the Thracian Plain around the town that gave the grape its modern ho...

Stobi Vranec Classic — North Macedonia's flagship indigenous red, made from the Vranec grape that gives Balkan tables their everyday dark wine. Vib...