Turquazz Article: Little-Known Turkish Grapes on the Rise
From Çalkarası to Fersun, these emerging grapes should be on your radar.
An hour and a half drive from Antalya along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, Likya Şarapları sits in the Taurus Mountains high above Antalya’s Elmalı district. The winery has made a name for itself with wine made from popular grapes both domestic and international. But what really excites the Özkan family, owners of the winery, is Acıkara.
Knowing that their region has a very old wine history, the Özkans reasoned that there must have been native grapes there before. They began to research the area and learned, through local shepherds, of a large grapevine growing wild where they grazed their sheep. With the shepherds as guides they found the vine, estimated to be 200 years old, made cuttings of it, and slowly introduced it to their vineyards.
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