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By 0Red Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  Another new-ish winery to emerge in Turkey over the last few years is Taneanda. This Thrace-based winery has put out three vintages thus far, all based on Caladoc. According to the winery's website, founder Metin İlhan based the name on the local Thracian dialect meaning something along the lines of "there?" or "what's there?". An expression that would also be accompanied by pointing the index finger to indicate a specific place. He chose this as the winery's name because he vines, which surround the winery, sit on a hilltop and are visible from afar. Caladoc is not a grape we hear about a lot in Turkey. Probably it's not really

By 0Articles, Turkish Wine

  I am so excited to post another article about the book! Several years ago, I wrote a piece, Grape Expectations, for Culinary Backstreets. And now I'm featured on their site! The local buzz about the book makes me so happy and I feel very grateful. CB Book Club: Andrea Lemieux's The Essential Guide To Turkish Wines For this week’s CB Book Club installment, we caught up with Andrea Lemieux, author of The Essential Guide to Turkish Wine: An exploration of one of the oldest and most unexpected wine countries (Canoe Tree Press, 2021). In this exhaustive nearly 300-page guide, Lemieux, a WSET Level 2-certified wine expert and blogger behind The

By 0Articles, Red Wine, Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine

  I don't know about you, but I have been thrilled with our weather the last week or two of April! I'm not ready yet for summer so I hope it holds steady. My seeds are all planted (some are even sprouting, huzzah!) and I look forward to chilling on the balcony with my plants, my cats, and some nice wine. What will you be drinking in May? Read on and find out what your horoscope suggests! Aquarius (January 20 - February 18) Along with the flowers I planted on my balcony, your growth and maturity are blossoming. The last few years have thrown more than a few challenges your way but

By 0Articles, Turkish Wine

  A few months ago, thanks to Lisa Morrow of Inside Out In Istanbul, Lisa Futterman reached out to me for an interview about the book!. Lisa F, freelance drinks writer and contributor to The Alcohol Professor, fell in love with Turkey during a previous visit and, in her own words, is obsessed with Turkish wine. My new best friend! How Andrea Lemieux Became an Expert & Advocate for Turkish Wine When Andrea Lemieux moved to Istanbul from the US in 2012, she quickly realized she had a lot to learn about Turkish wine. Inspired, she passed the WSET levels 1&2 (in Turkish!), started a blog, The Quirky Cork, and wrote

By 0Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  The Chateau Gali Viognier is not a new wine. It's been around for a few vintages now. But it's not easy to get so this is the first time I've been able to review it! Unlike the winery's other wines, the Viognier, its only white, is usually available only from the winery directly. Sometimes you get lucky and find it in boutique wine shops. Which is where I scored mine (Santé Wine & More). But I think I got the last one! I've also seen it at Casa Botti and Grape Wine Boutique though.  At the point where the head Gallipoli Peninsula, Hakan and Nilgün Kavur found a little

By 1Red Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  While for reasons beyond my ken Karasakız is not more popular in Turkey, it is certainly one of the country's most facile grapes. One of my favorite iterations of this grape is the Paşaeli 6N Karasakız. This wine encapsulates so many things about Paşaeli. Under-utilized grape - check. Old vines - check. Wild ferment - check. Paşaeli almost always allows its wines to undergo spontaneous fermentation on natives yeasts. It just doesn't always advertise the fact. Even on this bottle it appears only in small print. The vineyards lie at 500 meters above sea level in the Aegean, in the Kaz Dağları. They average 35 years old, giving them

By 0Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  New on the market last year, Etruscan Bağcılık introduced several new wines. While the winery got started in 2010, it kept pretty quiet until its first commercial release. Which means unfortunately I missed it on my pass through Gallipoli while researching for my book. I have since got my hands on a few of their wines, one of which is the Etruscan İno Sauvignon Blanc. Etruscan Bağcılık Vineyard planting for Etruscan Bağcılık began in 2010 in Eceabat on the Gallipoli Peninsula. If Eceabat sounds familiar (in a wine context), it's because several other wineries including Suvla and Asmadan call it home. Etruscan's vineyards here grow a familiar mix of

By 1Red Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  For several years Ma'Adra's Öküzgözü rosé has been one of my go-to rosés. But I've always wondered why they don't make a red. I don't have to wonder anymore because now they do! At November's Sommeliers Selection event in Istanbul, Ma'Adra debuted its new carbonic maceration Öküzgözü.  We don't talk about carbonic maceration a lot in Turkey. While Ma'Adra may not be the first winery here to use the technique, it is the first to proudly put it on the label. But, what is it? Carbonic Maceration, the Internal Combustion of Winemaking Carbonic maceration is probably how early wine got made

By 0Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  One of the newest members of the Urla Bağ Yolu, Çakır Bağcılık ve Şarapçılık prides itself on growing its vines just meters from its winery. The winery, like many in Urla, puts a heavy emphasis on Cabernet Sauvignon for both red wines and its Çakır Somnium Rosé. In addition to Cabernet, the winery cultivates Syrah, Chardonnay, and the regional Bornova Misketi.  Even if I would prefer to see more native grapes, Çakır makes a lovely addition to the wine route! Çakır Bağcılık ve Şarapçılık Çakır had to open when I made my visits to Urla to research for my book. Last summer, just before I finished writing, I took a quick

By 0Red Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  Cab Franc day is long over but my love for the grape goes year 'round! I've had the Arcadia A Cabernet Franc before but thought it was time to revisit it. In recent years, Cabernet Franc has exploded in popularity in Turkey. Initially it started making an appearance in a few more blends here and there. Then the wineries that had those blends released single varietal Cabernet Franc. And yet a few wineries, like Kayra, Suvla, Vino Dessera, Chamlija, and Arcadia featured it right from the off. If you visit Arcadia's website, you'll even see that the winery features the grape in the "special grapes" section. Arcadia A Cabernet Franc,