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By 0Articles, Turkish Wine

  This past Sunday, August 23 was Kalecik Karası Day. While I've written about Kalecik Karası—the grape and the wines—any number of times, I thought it would be nice to revisit this grape and what it, and the wine holiday, mean for the Turkish wine industry.  Kalecik Karası There's been a push over the last handful of years to resurrect Turkey's native grapes. While this new movement is mainly led by a couple wineries (namely Paşaeli, Gelveri, Likya) more and more jump on the bandwagon every year. One might propose though, that the first winery to make a big impact in this campaign was Tomurcukbağ

By 0Articles, Turkish Wine

  I've mentioned a fair few times that "natural" wine drives me crazy. So, I'd like to look at what natural wine is, what it isn't, why it annoys me, and natural wine in Turkey.  But just to clarify before you get into the weeds of the below post: I do not actually dislike natural wine.  What Is Natural Wine? Well that's a good question and it largely depends on whom you ask. Generally, though what most people agree on is: Grapes are farmed biodynamically, organically, and/or with sustainable practices Winemaking is carried out with little to no chemical or technological manipulation Wines are fermented spontaneously with native yeast No additives are

By 0Travel, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  My adventures with Turkish wine importer, Fine Turkish Wine, continue! Well at least the writing of them does, the adventures themselves ended in November. And it's taking ever so much longer to write about these visits than it took to make them! After two days in Trakya (aka Thrace), visiting first Arcadia, then Arda, and Gürbüz Winery. We next headed for the Aegean where our first stop was Kuzubağ,  next to Heraki, then Kastro Tireli for a multi-winery tasting, and finally Akberg.   Things weren't over just because we returned to Istanbul. We snagged a meeting with Alp Törüner, founder of Büyülübağ. Alp generously opened so many wines for us and

By 10Articles, Turkish Wine

  It's August!! Why am I so excited for this typically hottest, most unbearable month of the year? It's my birthday! It's all about meeee!!!! While I won't be saying which birthday, I will be posting about the wines I'm so excited to drink on the day. Whether or not those are what my horoscope says I should be drinking remains to be seen.  But forget about me for a nanosecond, what's going on with you this month? What will you be drinking? Read on to find out.  And remember, if you're not somewhere with easy access to Turkish wine, don't hesitate to reach out (to me, the universe doesn't always respond

By 0Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  Have you ever wondered how some wines get their name and what that name means? A lot of the bottles crowding store shelves don't have what we call a fantasy name. They're labeled simply with the grape or blend used to craft the wine.  In Turkey, I think more wines than not are labeled only with the grape(s). A number of wineries do use fantasy names though. Pretty much all of 7Bilgeler's wines have a name, some of Corvus' wines do, as do a number of Chamlija's, like the Kara Sevda. There's also: Vino Dessera Vin Amoris, Vino Dessera 190 blend, Arcadia's Mahiada and the 333, Gürbüz's Hieron Oros,

By 0Rest of the World, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  At least their wine industries do. While I haven't had the chance to deeply explore Mexican wine, a little research has turned up some parallels between their industry and Turkey's. They do say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, hopefully I don't do too much harm here.  Mexico and Turkey: Cut From the Same Vine Appellations Let's start by looking at rules, regulations, appellations, and so on. Many countries around the world have some sort of wine appellation system in place: AVAs in the US, PDO/PGI (broadly) in Europe, GI in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, WO in South Africa, etc. Mexico has no such system. Neither (with one

By 3Amber Wine, Articles, Orange Wine, Red Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  A few weeks ago, I signed up for a wine tasting of rare grapes at Wayana in Moda. Wayana regularly does tastings, but this one caught my eye because I love nothing so much as a grape I've never heard of. What was billed as a tasting of eight wines turned into 13. Spoiler alert: it was pretty amazing. But before we dive into tasting notes, and we will get there, let's talk first about the mission to uncover Turkey's rare grapes. [caption id="attachment_14748" align="alignright" width="503"] Kösetevek grapes, Kuzeybağ[/caption] Uncovering Turkey's Rare Grapes I call it a mission, and it is "an important goal or purpose that is accompanied by strong conviction;

By 3Articles, Turkish Wine

  This June saw the launch of Turkey's newest wine route: the Troia Bağ Yolu. Pack your bags, put on some sunscreen, and get ready for an adventure! Troia Bağ Yolu / Troy Wine Route Troy. A name deeply embedded into the minds of every lover of myth and legend, every high school student who had to read Homer, all of us who sat through that truly terrible movie from the early aughts, draws tourists in droves year after year. The founders of the new wine route are hoping to capitalize on that.  The Troia Bağ Yolu (Troy Wine Route) has brought together people from both the wine and tourism industry in

By 10Articles, Turkish Wine

  Another month come and gone. I don't know about you, but for me it was sweaty and borderline icky (no klima here) and crazy busy. It'll be months before I get a chance to write up all the wine activities I attended. Not that I'm complaining! It always surprises me when I get invited to things. I'm generally so flattered, I'd probably go to the opening of an envelope, as the saying goes.  But, speaking of opening

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