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Food Pairing Tag

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By 0Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  I am slowly slowly coming around to rosé. Well, I say "slowly slowly" but I'm discovering more and more wines that I enjoy. In fact, I dare say that I might be a full-on fan of rosé. I've avoided a fair number of wines because of my previously anti-rosé stance and I'm trying to correct that. Now I'm digging up pink wines I'd previously bypassed and have uncovered a couple gems! Prodom, one of Turkey's Aegean wineries based outside İzmir has made a rosé for years. I've never tried it. But when one of my favorite wine shops, Mensis Mahzen, recommended it, I decided to give it a go.

By 1Amber Wine, Amphora, Orange Wine, Red Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  For August's #WinePW event, host Gwendolyn from The Wine Predator, has invited us to explore amphora aged wines from around the world. You can view her invitation here. If you're reading this early enough, whether you write about amphora-aged wines or not, please feel free to join our Twitter discussion on August 14 at 8am CST / 11am EST / 6pm GMT+3. Based on every archeological and history museum I've ever visited, pottery is the most commonly found, left behind by previous civilizations item. It's the old museum bait and switch

By 0European Wines, Greek Wine, Red Wine, Wine Reviews

  When I'm in Athens, my friend M and I play a game. We stand in front of the wine shelves at his local grocery and pick out a few bottles with grape names unfamiliar to us. We've had some massive failures doing this. Once we got a wine that tasted like liquid perfume soap. That bottle went straight down the sink. Even though it may well be just an enormously bad example of that particular grape, we're now terrified of it. On the flip side, we have discovered a number of new (to us) varieties we like quite a lot. While I typically veer towards Greece's white grapes, I've

By 0Red Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  The bulk of Öküzgözü in Turkey grows in the grape's homeland of Elazığ in Eastern Anatolia. The most widely-planted Turkish black grape sometimes gets trucked hundreds of kilometers from Elazığ to other parts of the country for production. However, it's not the most widely-planted grape for nothing.  Öküzgözü now grows in, I dare saw, all eight wine regions. It has proven to be adaptable to a variety of soil types and climates. I have enjoyed trying Öküzgözü from different regions to see how these adaptations reflect in wine.  Likya Şarapları is one of Turkey's Mediterranean wineries. Although you wouldn't know it when you visit! Located in Elmalı, it sits quite

By 0Rose Wine, Turkish Wine, Wine Reviews

  For this month's #ItalianFWT, Camilla from Culinary Adventures with Camilla has invited us all to explore the world of Ramato wines. You can read her invitation post here. You can join us too! Even if you haven't written a post about it, join our live Twitter discussion on Saturday July 3 at 8 am CST / 11 am EST / 6 pm GMT +3 (aka Istanbul). What is Ramato exactly? While researching ramato wines I ran across an article from Decanter that starts with this brilliant sentence: Ramato is for the wine lover who wants more from their Pinot Grigio, but don't go thinking it's just another rosé or orange wine. This

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

  This month, Linda from My Full Wine Glass has challenged the #WinePW group to find those 'difficult' to pair foods. You can read her invitation post here. We'll be chatting about this on Twitter on June 12 at 11 am EST / 8 am CST / 6 pm Istanbul. Whether or not you wrote a post for the event join us! See what creative pairings the group came up with and chime in with your discoveries! For some people (myself included) any pairing brings on insecurity and nervous sweats. I do not like food pairing. And yes, I see the irony in being part of not one, not two,

By 0Sweet Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  Narince is made into fresh stainless steel aged wines, rich oak-raised wines, and traditional method sparkling wines. They are always dry. Narince is never sweet. No sooner were the words out of my mouth at a semi-recent wine tasting focusing on this grape than what did I see at the grocery? A semi-sweet Narince wine. Narince is the Black Sea grape. While many wineries work with independent growers in the region or have their own vineyards there, only Diren winery actually makes wine on site. Despite that, the winery has done remarkably little with the grape. I like the Diren Collection Narince quite a lot. I think it stands as

By 0Red Wine, Rest of the World, Wine Reviews

  For May's Wine Paired Weekend event, Wendy Klik of A Day in the Life on the Farm has invited us to explore the wines and foods of the Middle East. You can read her invitation post here. This is a region rich in history, culture, flavor, and yes, wine. Join us tomorrow, May 8 at 6pm IST/ 11am EST / 10am CST / 8am PST by following along with the #WinePW hashtag on Twitter as we explore the wines and flavors of the Middle East. Wine in the Middle East To many, mention of the Middle East evokes images of deserts, pyramids, bellydancers, political instability, and religious extremism. It is those

By 1European Wines, White Wine, Wine Reviews

  The #WorldWineTravel blogging group continues its virtual exploration of Spain this month with a trip to Rías Baixas! Host Linda from My Full Wine Glass invited us to grab a bottle from Galicia and chat. Known as "Green Spain", this region in northwest Spain is wet and cool and produces some fantastic wines. It's also got a great double meaning as April is Earth Month! Linda gave a great primer on the area in her invitation post (which you can read here). And I got my bottle so let's get to it! [caption id="attachment_15873" align="alignright" width="400"] Map borrowed from RiasBaixasWines.com[/caption] Rías Bai