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By 3Greek Wine, Sparkling Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  I am continuously delighted by Cretan wine. Even before my first (and to date only) visit to the island, did I love the wine. Crete really exemplifies what I love about lesser explored wine countries. Granted it's not a small island, but it is responsible for a rather large chunk of Greece's native grapes, including Liatiko, aka Turkey's Çal Karası. Aside from Liatiko though, the majority of the native grapes cultivated on Crete are rare and only recently re-emerging on the market. [easy-image-collage id=22695] Crete's wineries are pouring so much heart and effort into bringing back these varieties through more sustainable agricultural practices and innovative winemaking, including new to me

By 0Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  I'm actually gearing up to write another lengthy post about a winery visit I made with Fine Turkish Wine back in November. It's taking me rather forever to get through these. But before I dive into another of those, I want to take a sec for a wine I keep meaning to talk about. The HUS Bornova Misketi.  HUS Şarapçılık HUS Şarapçılık has seen more than its fair share of tumult and tragedy for a young winery.  Ceylan Ertörer Diaz Leon and Juan Pablo Diaz Leon met while studying in Canada. While neither ever thought about having a life in wine, during a visit to Ceyaln's family in Urla, they both felt struck

By 3Amber Wine, Red Wine, Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, White 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 headed for the Aegean. In this region, our first stop was Kuzubağ, then we went on to Heraki, and then on to Kastro Tireli which hosted a mega tasting for us.  Kastro Tireli It's been many years since I last visited Kastro Tireli, and I'm glad we were following José. I vividly recall

By 3European Wines, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  I don't usually write about French wine. There are more than enough people already doing so. However, I do like to make exceptions when I find something weird and/or wonderful. The Albert Boxler Chasselas very much falls into that 'wonderful' category. Chasselas is one of those grapes I've read about but never thought to be able to taste. Until, that is, I found myself in Colmar in France's Alsace. Buried among the bottles of Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, and Pinot Noir were a few grapes that often fall into the "other" category. Including this Chasselas. It was probably the least expensive bottle I bought on that trip. But

By 1Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  How I've never posted about this wine before is really beyond me. Sometimes, something is so obvious that you just assume you did it. Better late than never! When people think about island wines, minds reach out to Greece, the Canary Islands, Italy. As much as 'wine' and 'Turkey' rarely enter people's thoughts at the same time, 'island wines' and 'Turkey' cross paths even more rarely. And yet, Turkey has islands and they produce wine. Wines from Avşa often get overlooked and little makes it off Gökçeada, but Bozcaada is a different story. While rarely explored in depth, Turkish island wines have made a name for themselves locally. Much of that

By 1Rest of the World, Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  While there are plenty of Shiraz notes from both Turkey and Australia waiting to be written up, I wanted to shake things up a bit. Australia has been gaining a reputation for Viognier over the years while it's still largely unknown in Turkey. Despite its rarity in Turkey, we have some excellent examples here. Since I just happened to have a bottle of Viognier from Australia, why not pit them against one another? Viognier Viognier it seems is a bit of a struggle to work with. Not in a Pinot Noir prima donna way, but it is not disposed to producing healthy or bountiful grapes and is prone to coulure (uneven

By 2Red Wine, Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, White 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 headed for the Aegean. In this region, our first stop was Kuzubağ, and then we were on to Heraki. And buckle up, this post turned out much longer than I anticipated! [caption id="attachment_22367" align="alignright" width="500"] Çal vineyards by Rob İçsezen[/caption] Heraki Heraki Wines is, at its heart, a love story. First between its founders,

By 2Red Wine, Rose Wine, Sweet Wine, Turkish Wine, White 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 headed for the Aegean.  First stop, Kuzubağ! Kuzubağ  Kuzubağ Şaraphane is one of the new generation wineries working to raise the profile of the Çal region. More than just a member of the Çal Bağ Yolu, Kuzubağ is (in my considerable opinion), the best of them. A family-run affair, the Kuzu family