Based in the coastal town of Alaçatı south of Izmir, Gemici Family Wines/Alaçatı Şarapçılık makes wine on a small scale. In this charming little city
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This month the #WinePW group is taking advantage of October being #MerlotMe month. See the original invitation from Jeff at Food Wine Click! here. I
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I am so excited to begin collaborating with The Vintner Project as a contributor to their fantastic site. It's an honor to have something
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Nestled in a bowl-like cradle in mountainous Bodrum and nearly lost in the riotous greenery of the surrounding agriculture grow vines of Cabernet Franc,
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Wine writer turned winery owner Şeyla Ergenekon and winemaker husband Çağatay cultivate organic grapes on the Gallipoli Peninsula. There they concentrate on French varieties
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Hailing from some of Turkey's most easterly vineyards in Elazığ, Öküzgözü is the number one planted wine grape in Turkey. As demonstrated in my
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This month the #winophiles are exploring the Côtes du Rhône. You can view the preview here. Originally I was going to pass on this
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I generally try to bring attention to wineries in Turkey that champion native grapes. However, some of the wineries here that focus on international
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Kösetevek is a "new" grape; or more accurately, newly reinvigorated. The grape comes from Elazığ in the east of Turkey where it has been
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About an hour's drive outside Izmir, arriving at Nif Bağları gives you the feeling of having found a desert oasis. Located off an unmarked,
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