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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 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 1Articles, Red Wine, Sweet Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  Iranian food meets Turkish wine? How often does this happen? Hopefully more and more often now if this Bitter & Sweet pairing inspires anyone! My friend Lorraine introduced me to The Caspian Chef some time ago. She tangentially knows him through a cousin and thought I would appreciate his style. I immediately fell in love with his recipes and way of cooking. So, when his cookbook, Bitter & Sweet came out, she got it for me. Apparently, The Caspian Chef - otherwise known as Omid Roustaei - and Lorraine's cousin 'do enjoy a wine of an evening' (imagine you're hearing this delivered in my friend's plummy British accent). So,

By 1Red Wine, Rose Wine, Travel, Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  Disclaimer: I received these wines as samples. All opinions are my own. This article contains affiliate links. A couple years ago, I stumbled across Sagavin's wines, maybe on Instagram. I ordered a few bottles to give them a go, but unfortunately, they soon after fell off my radar. Sagavin has wines in maybe a couple few restaurants in Istanbul, but not in shops. I'd contacted the owner, Uğur, a couple few months ago as I wanted to make sure to include them in edition 2 of The Essential Guide to Turkish Wine (coming soon! - I hope, I feel like I've been saying that for months). He reached back

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

  It might be trite, given how many different grapes grow in Greece, but I love Assyrtiko. Love it, love it, love it. And while I've recently started coming around to mainland Assyrtiko, my heart will always be on Santorini. It was my great privilege to work for a time with Vassaltis Vineyards, one of the best wineries on Santorini. I learned so much working with them, and walked away with some of their incredible wines, including the Gramina, Santorini, and the Vassaltis Vineyards Plethora.  Vassaltis Vineyards One of the youngest wineries on the island, Yannis Valambous established Vassaltis Vineyards in 2014. Vassaltis produces a wide range of wines, most of them

By 1Articles, Red Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine

  There's so much advice, so many opinions and stories about pairing wine and chocolate floating around. The dos and don'ts of pairing the two can be a little complicated. On the one hand, even dark chocolate is sweet which makes pairing it with dry wine tricky. On the other hand, milk or dark chocolate are really wrong with sweet (white) wines. If you want to be on the safe side, chocolate with sweet red wine is usually a winner. But why limit yourself? A few years ago, an Instagram algorithm introduced me to a local chocolate maker and I felt inspired to pair wine with her chocolates. The pairing

By 2Amber Wine, Orange Wine, Red Wine, Rose Wine, Sparkling Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  How do you pair fine Turkish wine with one of the country's iconic staples, börek? That's a question I found myself asking recently.  For ages, my friend, Başak, has been telling me that she wants me to try this 'amazing' börekci in her mother's neighborhood.  Not that I dislike börek, far from it, but my börek experiences in Istanbul have always left me a little cold. She finally wore me down, but I thought, let's turn this into a wine pairing exercise. We were for sure going to be drinking wine anyway so, wine not? Börek Börek is a traditional food found throughout Turkey, the Balkans, arguably Greece with its

By 1European Wines, Greek Wine, Red Wine, Wine Reviews

  Have you ever wondered what kind of wine Homer drank? It seems that he was a fan of Limnio, (one of) the oldest grape variety in Greece.  This month, Susannah of Avvinare invited the #WorldWineTravel group to explore the lesser-known wine regions of the world. Greek wine has seen a major increase in popularity over the last few years, especially in America. However, mostly what people know is Santorini and Assyrtiko. Or, maybe you've heard of the Peloponnese and Agiorgitiko. But not many people have heard of or had wine from the Slopes of Meliton in Macedonia. PDO Slopes of Meliton/ΠΟΠ Πλαγιές Μελίτωνα Situated in the southern part of

By 1Articles, European Wines, Red Wine, Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  For my birthday in August, my friend Malia of Shoyu Sugar made SPAM musubis for me!! I remember eating SPAM a bit when I was a kid. My mom mixed ground SPAM with American cheese and white onions and we made hot sandwiches with it. I actually really kind of liked it. But it wasn't until I had Malia's musubis that I understood what kind of magic you can make with this meat.  I won't go into the history of SPAM or how deeply embedded it is in Hawaiian culture. Suffice to say, SPAM musubis are a common snack food in Hawaii. When she can get the ingredients, Malia

By 1Articles, Red Wine, Turkish Wine

  Summer has arrived hard and fast in Turkey with temperatures already soaring into the 30s even in Istanbul. Air conditioning units work round the clock and electricity outages have increased apace of everyone running those units. While I love white wine (and am increasingly coming around to rosé), especially during this time of the year, not everyone does. Even if you do like white and rosé wines, the summer heat is no reason to give up your red wines entirely. “But no!” I can hear you exclaiming, “How can I drink red wine in this heat?” Chill them! Yes, you heard me, stick ‘em in the fridge. Before

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