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By 0Red Wine, Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  Despite the massive expense and roadblocks thrown up by the current government, wine production in Turkey continues to expand. Each regions grows a little more every year - be it a new winery, a new grape, new wine offerings, or expanded vineyards. Over the last couple years, Thrace has seen a boom in most of those areas (excepting the new grapes), with Prius Winery becoming one of the region's newest wineries. It came on the scene maybe two years ago. But, I only recently was able to get my hands on some of their wine.  Prius Winery Does Prius Winery need this whole section with a big 'heading 2' sub-title?

By 1Red Wine, Rest of the World, Wine Reviews

  Lent was a wee little while ago. But, I've never been great about blogging about wine as I drink it. Why is Lent even important to the story? I'm glad you asked! I am a big fan of Fat Tuesday - the day before Ash Wednesday when Lent and fasting begins. Catholic fasts are pretty weak sauce when held up against other religions, but I still love Fat Tuesday. This year, I decided to go full Georgian feast and get takeout from one of Istanbul's Georgian restaurants. Naturally, therefore, I needed a Georgian wine to pair! In my wine room exists a collection of dust encrusted red Georgian wines.

By 0Rose Wine, Travel, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  Label designs for wine is a big business. As with any company working on its marketing plan, a winery has to decide how it wants to present itself. Do they have an old-school Schloss or Chateau vibe? Do they want people to think of them as young, fresh, or unpretentious? Depending on the vibe they're going for, a winery might have a whole concept and their labels reflect one specific style. Or maybe they have (sometimes wildly) different styles for different wine series.  And then there are the times when a winery, with a very specific label style, releases a new line with entirely new branding. That's what happened

By 1Articles, Rose Wine, Turkish Wine

  This year the Jancis Robinson summer writing competition theme was "my favorite grape". Both an easy and yet incredibly difficult topic! My entry was not short-listed but I wanted to share it anyway.  My favorite grape: Çal Karası. Falling for Çal Karası What is a ‘favorite’ grape, anyway? Is it the one you prefer to drink? The one that challenges you? Or the one that you connect with emotionally? For many, each of those questions could be answered by a different grape. I believe that wine lovers drink wine for reasons beyond its pleasant taste. We’re the people who, while our friends roll their eyes, wax poetic about agriculture, argue about the

By 11Articles, Red Wine, Rose Wine, Sparkling Wine, Sweet Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine

  Mother of Zeus it is HOT. Why is it so hot? Once again, I do not understand summer people.  It's so hot that I cannot think of a cute way to open this month's horoscope. I offer only a wish that you're all surviving, hydrating, and have working refrigerators for your wine! Aries (March 21 - April 19) Ok Aries, here comes August—aka the month where your main hobby becomes fighting the sun with your bare hands and pretending you're not tired of everyone's vacation photos. Spoiler: you are. This month, your natural go-getter energy is peaking. Translation: you’ll start 12 new projects, abandon 9, finish 2, and forget 1 existed until