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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 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 3Red Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  A few weeks ago, I posted about a marathon wine tasting I did in Manisa. That tasting, hosted at Kastro Tireli by the winemakers behind not only Kastro Tireli but also Heraki, Yaban Kolektif, Sobran Bağları, and Vinolus featured the newest Erciş Karası vintage from Yaban Kolektif. I also recently wrote about the newest vintage of the Akberg Lethe Erciş Karası. But now it's time to really dig into the grape and see how it does with different winemaking techniques and how it ages. [caption id="attachment_22822" align="alignright" width="280"] Erciş Karası, photo by Yaban Kolektif[/caption] Let's get into it. Erciş Karası Erciş Karası comes to us from the northeast of Turkey, from the vast

By 1Red Wine, Sparkling Wine, Travel, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  Last November, I had the chance to re-visit Arcadia Bağları in Thrace with US importer, Fine Turkish Wine. Zeynep generously opened so many of their wines for us. Previously, I covered some of those in a post about the Arcadia Odrysia wines. Now, it's time to take a second look, and talk about some of the others, including two of the new bubbles! Arcadia Bağları  Arcadia Vineyards is a father–daughter dream brought to life in Lüleburgaz, once known as Arcadiapolis—an apt setting for their “earthly paradise.” Inspired by Zeynep Arca Şalliel's early love of wine and her desire to work with soil, she and her father Ozcan turned shared late-night

By 2Red Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample but all opinions are my own. Summer might not be when you think want to drink hefty red wines. Or maybe it is, I don't know your taste! But, since summer is when people flock to Antalya, don't miss the opportunity to visit Sagavin and taste their wines while you're there. I've always felt a little 'meh' about Boğazkere and Öküzgözü blends. Maybe it's my innate dislike of Öküzgözü, even though I know it serves a purpose. But I also think that there are so many of them on the market and only a fraction of them are truly good. This one

By 3European Wines, Greek Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  The Turkish wine import market is kind of arid in terms of volume and variety. Imported wines also cost about as a much as would ice water in the depths of the Sahara. I am therefore very selective about the few wines I'm allowed to bring home. And because there are so many wines to try, only rarely do I buy a wine more than once. The Akriotou Wild Mountaineer is one of those.  I first encountered it one year at Oenorama in Athens and was just so struck by it. Of course we all know that I love a grape comeback story, and the Wild Mountaineer features one

By 0Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  This time of year is always fun for us winos. It's usually this late spring time when wineries start to trickle release new vintages of whites, rosés, possibly bubbles, and even a few of the more crushable reds. The Paşaeli Kabuğunda Co-Ferment, which the winery first released this time last year, has been in my writing queue for a wee little bit. Now the new 2025 vintage is out and I figure now is a good time to intrigue people into looking for the new vintage.  I've written about Paşaeli a couple-few times (well over two dozen times apparently!!). So, since this is already preparing to be a long post,

By 4Red Wine, Sweet Wine, 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 headed for the Aegean. In this region, our first stop was Kuzubağ,  next to Heraki, then Kastro Tireli for a multi-winery tasting, and finally for our last stop in the Aegean, we made it to Akberg.  So, buckle up, you're in for another long post.  Akberg [caption id="attachment_22721" align="alignright" width="328"] Güney & Rob

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