Suvla has two Kirtes. A while back I reviewed the other Kirte (a Cabernet Sauvingnon, Syrah, Petit Verdot blend) and last week I picked
Read MoreThis week’s wine has a madly long name. I’m not entirely sure it quite lives up to its name though. The Terra remains my
Read MoreHoly tannins, Batman! Is it possible to be in love with a wine? Well if it is then between Suvla’s Sur and this 2011
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I finally found the Suvla store in Cihangir which is both good and bad. Good because the store carries all of Suvla’s wines; bad
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Gallipoli is known for one thing, the shameful waste of lives in the World War I Battle of Gallipoli (or the Mel Gibson movie
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Despite my resolve to review whites for the summer I’m moving back to reds. I just really don’t like dry whites under the best
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I took a shot on this one and picked it up at Carrefour a few weeks ago. I’d been avoiding it because it seemed
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The 2011 Diren Karmen was by far, in my opinion, the best of the reds that we tested at the wine tasting I hosted.
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A few weeks ago I hosted a Turkish wine tasting for some colleagues. We tried eight different wines, some I’ve had before myself, some
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It’s so hot and humid in Istanbul these days it seems that even the Internet can’t be fussed to work. Knock on wood but
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Vinkara is fairly widely available here in Istanbul and produces several labels: Winehouse, Reserve, Vinkara, and Quattro. They’re not my favorite producer but since
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Yes, it’s Sunday night…well technically I suppose it’s Monday morning which means I’m early for my usual wine post. And I have no pictures
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The Leona Bloom is yet another winner in the Misket family! I’ve only tried one wine from Leona in the past, a Kalecik Karasi/Merlot
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I am making it my mission this summer to try all the Misket wines produced in Turkey! And so far all of them are
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I was at The Cave, my local alcohol shop the other week looking for a selection of Turkish wines to try out on visiting
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The Diren Narince was a pretty decent Narince. I haven’t had many wines from this maker yet but this boded well for the rest.
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Tursan is possibly the leading winemaker in the Cappadocia region. It’s a tough region with high elevation, grasslands, harsh, cold winters, and not a
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Such a week and it’s only Wednesday. First I got a job, then I got sick, then I had an Istanbuli police officer show
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The 2010 Gali Evreshe is the most expensive wine I’ve bought so far running around 50TL a bottle. Was it worth it…eh. It wasn’t
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In an effort to start drinking more white wines to match the warming weather I picked up a bottle of the 2012 Ancyra Muscat
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It seems the one consistent thing about my wine drinking is that I drink far more red than I do white. In college I’d
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I have found it!! I have found my hands down favorite vintner for Kalecik Karası. This is the second winner from Terra, the first
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And we’re on another Vinkara wine this week; this time the Vinkara Kalecik Karası. I’m going to say that by and large there isn’t
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I need to keep better track of my wine notes rather than scribbling them illegibly (to be fair all my scribbles are illegible) in
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I am becoming a huge fan of the folks making wine over at Pamukkale. I think this is the fourth wine of theirs I’m reviewing?
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I’ve had the Sultaniye grape a few times now but haven’t experience the Emir. And, frankly, because Kavakalidere’s 2012 Sade Sultaniye Emir was a
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Turkey has a lot of great food. But you really can only eat bread and meat for so long. Luckily I have found fantastic
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