Crete is an amazing place to visit, for so many reasons, but especially so if you're a wine enthusiast. The island is home to
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The Urla district of İzmir in Turkey's Aegean region has become a hotbed of trendy wineries. Many belong to the Urla Bağ Yolu (the
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Used to be that Markogianni was not a winery with which I was familiar. A friend recommended their Vorias and Helios amber Assyrtiko to
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Çalkarası is what I like to call Turkey's 'Cinderella' grape. For a long time, winery's have used this grape as a work horse to
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Summer has arrived hard and fast in Turkey with temperatures already soaring into the 30s even in Istanbul. Air conditioning units work round the
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While neither new nor lost, Karasakız has long been underappreciated. For a long time, there was only Suvla (which still explores the most expressions
Read MoreI've mentioned my friend S. a few times here and there in my blog. A teacher here in Istanbul, she drives home to Austria
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It's World Malbec Day! This French grape is a global people pleaser. While mostly known for the wines produced in Argentina, its popularity knows
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Nihat Kutman, founder of Doluca Winery, was one of the first in Turkey to revive vineyards and winemaking after phylloxera destroyed many of the
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Possibly a better title for this would be, "Can you say Csókaszőlő?" LOL. I happened to be in Budapest on what was a national
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