This lovely little number has been showing up in shops around the 'Bul lately. I've had it before and from that experience knew I
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Now one of the most widely known grapes in Turkey, Kalecik Karası was nearly lost to history. This grape was nearly extinct until the 1970s
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Every time I go to Tbilisi I look for new wines I haven't seen before. One of my favorite sources is g.Vino wine bar.
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Last Saturday I hosted another Turkish wine Taste Along. In addition to having a wee handful of people physically present with me, tasters joined
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Continuing my COVID quarantine virtual traveling down memory lane with Austria. I've already (re)visited Austria with my post about Steiermark. This time around I'm
Read MoreAs summer heats up Istanbul I remember with some fondness the bone chilling cold when I visited Graz a few years ago. I try
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[caption id="attachment_14586" align="alignright" width="300"] At Cinque with Baby[/caption] For most people Greece, especially Athens, means ancient gods, lots of marble columns, islands, and maybe gyros.
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It has been so long since I've been to Moldova that I don't even remember what year it was. 2009? Maybe 2010? For a
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While I have been extremely lucky during this COVID pandemic, in that I have neither been sick and have kept my job; it is
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After the Bornova Misketi taste along went so well I moved on to one of my favorite Turkish black grapes, Kalecik Karası. Not only
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