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By 1Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  "I gave the vineyard of the Soul. I bought the barrel where grapes are crushed. I wrote the deed of this transaction On a glass of wine." - Divan-e Shams by Rumi The Poetry of Grapes in Konya If you've heard of Konya, you might know it as the resting place of Sufi mystic poet Rumi. Or, along the same lines, as one of the most religiously conservative cities in Turkey. It is not the first place you think of for wine. And yet, here we are.  Konya is actually an ancient region. It's been inhabited since the third millennium BC and has seen the rule of many civilizations including the Hittites, Phrygians, Greeks, Persians,

By 1Rose Wine, Sparkling Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine

  The lack of a car and, frankly, funds, means I don't get to visit wineries around Turkey as much as I'd like. So, it's a real treat whenever I can make it happen. I was really lucky last November when Fine Turkish Wine was in country and I got to visit all their partner wineries with the founder. That included Arda, where Yavuz took us to see the Papazkarası vineyards he works with, opened pretty much every bottle the winery produces, and treated us to a couple new experiments

By 0Red Wine, Turkish Wine

  Harvests, grape and otherwise, are going strong this October. Now, I hear you gearing up to admonish me that they're only happening in the northern hemisphere; that countries in the southern parts of the world aren't yet in harvest season. That's not exactly true though, is it? Crops are harvested throughout the year, depending on what they are.  It is, however, the last big harvest of the year—which happens in the autumn for those of us in the north—that's most celebrated.  Historic and Global Harvest Celebrations Historically people have celebrated the autumnal harvest with such great fervor because this was the last chance to bring in foods that would see people

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