Your April 2022 Turkish Wine Horoscope
April 1, 2022 0Amphora, Articles, Red Wine, Rose Wine, Sparkling Wine, Sweet Wine, Turkish Wine, White Wine
It’s finally spring! The snow is over for real now and warmer weather is already here. I for one cannot wait to get back to gardening and sitting on my balcony. What are you excited about this spring?
With warmer weather on the rise, many might be thinking it’s time to switch to drinking rosés and white. But there is still room for red wine! What does your horoscope say you should try drinking in April? Read on and find out!
Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
What’s that saying about April showers bringing May flowers? This month will give you a fresh perspective if you take a few risks.
Speak up for yourself and others, even if your voice shakes. Learn when to let go of difficult situations when you aren’t being heard or understood.
Remember that it’s OK to change your perspective; expanding your mental horizons doesn’t make you inconsistent or hypocritical.
The wine for you …
Try something on the lighter and more refreshing side this month like the Selefkia Göküzüm. This is probably a new grape to you, Göküzüm (also known simply as Gök) doesn’t get trotted out too often. Which means this wine serves a dual purpose for you this month! It’s both something light to help you get in the mood for that fresh perspective, and it will help expand your horizons!
Available at places like Mensis Mahzen, Grape Wine Boutique, La Cave, and likely Dekante.
Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
Be on the lookout for new financial opportunities this month. They may appear risky, but be bold and grab the chance. However, make sure that you don’t get too fixated on making money that you close off every other aspect of life. Remember that your worth is not weighed by your material wealth.
You may find challenges this month in your personal relationships. Learn how to cooperate and compromise without letting yourself wallow in hurt feelings. It’s not always personal.
The wine for you …
You need a wine this month as bold as you need to be! Try the Tanenda Caladoc. Aromas of red fruits, sandalwood, and tack room leather give this wine a real kick. And like your Aquarius friends, you’ll (likely) find that this is a new to you grape to explore!
Find it at Mensis Mahzen and Santé Wine & More.
Aries (March 21 – April 19)
Chase your wildest dreams this April, but make sure that your motivations come from a good place. Your competitiveness may compel you forward and help you attain that final milestone to success…but make sure to put away the sense of competition when it’s not needed. Not everything is a race to be won and proving you can do something may affect your relationships with others.
For you Aries in partnership or somehow or other cooperating with someone else…you may see these relationships coming to an close this month. While it may be the end to that partnership, it could also be a chance to grab an opportunity elsewhere. Try to let things unfold naturally and don’t burn any bridges on your way out.
The wine for you …
Uçmakdere is a great example of success after a parting of ways. The winery used to work with a winemaking consultant but has blossomed under the direction of its in-house winemaker. The new rosé for this year, a 100% Cinsault, is just one great example from this winery of how you can succeed when you strike out on your own!
Find it at Grape Wine Boutique and Mensis Mahzen.
Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
Taurus, your ability to maintain your cool is often admirable. But make sure that you are not suppressing your feelings and reactions. You can only shove so much in the bottle before the lid doesn’t fit and it explodes with glass shards flying everywhere.
Along similar lines, step out of your carefully controlled comfort zone this month. Let life take you where you should be for once. Relaxing into things will keep you healthy.
The wine for you …
Speaking of bottling up explodable things…your wine this month is the Paşaeli Sıdalan Pét-Nat. Pét-Nat is a lightly sparkling wine made in the ancestral method. That means that, unlike Champagne, Cava, or Prosecco, it undergoes only one fermentation. While the wine is still fermenting, it gets bottled. It finishes fermentation in the bottle where trapped CO2 creates the bubbles!
These aren’t super easy to find anymore (but the new vintage is on its way if you can’t!). You can try looking at Dekante, La Cave, and Mensis Mahzen.
Gemini (May 20 – June 20)
Following your dreams is never easy. It’s not like the movies where things just fall magically into place. You have to work for them. Step one is knowing specifically what your goals actually are. Knowing that will make putting a plan into place ever so much easier.
The wine for you …
Step two is having something great to drink while you figure out step three! To that end, this month try 7Bilgeler Vindemia Defne Emir.
Bilge Yamen certainly had a dream when he set out to create a winery. It was not easy for him. For years he even maintained his work as a dentist while the winery was finding its roots (if you’ll forgive the poor pun). Yamen started out with a mix of international grapes. Over the last few years his goals have shifted to Turkey’s native grapes and he’s joined the ranks of wineries producing Emir.
Find this at Dekante, Mahzen 26, Mensis Mahzen, Rind, and Santé Wine & More.
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
This month you Cancers are being called to take on new leadership roles at work. You might feel awkward in the new position for a while, but eventually you’ll settle into this new skin. You may also find, at the same time, a little resentful that you’re paycheck does not reflect the new level of responsibility and workload. Try not to fixate on financial gains but on other indicators of success.
Which we all know is bunk of course but if we pretend with a smile it might come true.
The wine for you …
Regardless of your feelings for “natural” wines, I think you won’t regret trying the Gelveri İt Üzümü. This little-known grape, made in teeny tiny amounts, produces a wine that is raspberries, raspberries, and more raspberries! Drink it lightly chilled and you’ve got yourself a new favorite.
Gelveri wines are not so easy to find. Pop into La Cave and Grape Wine Boutique to see what they have in stock.
Leo (July 23 – August 22)
What’s on your thrill list, Leos? Maybe it’s that we finally have spring, but something is pushing you to live for the thrill this month!
What do you live for? Passion? Adventure? Education? Gaining the pinnacle of your career? Whatever it is, channel that need for thrills into it. If anything (or anyone) stands in your way, remember that you are a lion and maul the bejesus out of it/them until your path is clear.
But metaphorically only. If the police come knocking, I have not advocating for the maiming/murder of anyone.
The wine for you …
A wine this month as ferocious as are you Leos: Saranta Chateau Murou Papazkarası! A number of new Papazkarası wines have appeared on the market this year and this is one of the most exciting. Pomegranate, cherry, black pepper, and pine forest await you here. Not a heavy looking “black” wine, but deceptively bright and translucent, this 15% abv wine will knock you down when you’re not looking.
Get it at Dekante, Grape Wine Boutique, Mensis Mahzen, and Online Mahzen.
Virgo (August 23 – September 22)
“The time has come, the Walrus said…” not to talk of ceiling wax but to be not like a walrus. In other words, don’t have such thick skin. Work this month on giving more of yourself to the people in your life. This does mean that you’re going to have to allow people to see some of your less attractive aspects.
Be on the lookout this month to learn something new that will help you improve your life. That said, don’t go looking for that new thing. Explore for exploration’s sake and for your own enjoyment and the knowledge will come.
The wine for you …
It’s hard to be vulnerable with anyone in your life so you’re definitely going to need a good wine this month. Also a nice transition into the warmer weather, your wine this month is the semi-sweet Bornova Misketi, Kayra Leona Bloom. If you’re not a fan of sweet wines, don’t be hating on this one! It is only lightly sweet but that is what makes it both so very easy to drink and also so very food-friendly!
This should be a relatively easy wine to source! Carrefour, Macro Center, Migros, your local tekel (as well as “proper” wine shops) will likely carry this wine.
Libra (September 23 – October 22)
Libras, this month is about finding balance in your interactions with other people. Don’t act selfishly when it comes to sharing your possessions or assets…but make sure you’re setting boundaries. There is such a thing as being too generous. And that applies not just to things but also to yourself. Don’t sacrifice parts of yourself or too much of your time to make other people happy.
The wine for you …
Since you’re trying to find some balance this month, why not let your wine help you out? The Barbare Elegance GSM (wine-speak for Grenache-Syrah-Mourvedre) balances these three grapes in an homage to the wines from the Côtes du Rhône region of France.
Look for this at Dekante, La Cave, Macro Center, Mensis Mahzen, possibly Online Mahzen…and probably other places I don’t know about!
Scorpio (October 23 – November 22)
It’s spring cleaning time, and not just for your apartment. This month is time to start getting your life in order. Take your time to develop a lifestyle that balances the excitement you may be craving along with practicality. The goal is to create something you can actually live in.
Don’t try to imitate some Instagram-Goop lifestyle. You know that’s all lights, camera, action and no substance. Don’t set yourself up for failure by trying to make things picture-perfect.
The wine for you …
You may not be able to live in a picture perfect life but that doesn’t mean you cannot have a super photogenic wine! For that reason (and because it’s yummy) your wine this April is the Kuzeybağ Öküzgözü. This bright purple wine is like no other Öküzgözü you’ve ever tried. It bursts with ripe blueberry and crushed mulberry flavors. Plus, the label!
Find it at Dekante, Mensis Mahzen, Rind, and Santé Wine & More.
Sagittarius (November 23 – December 22)
Make time this month to do things that excite you. Get creative, adventurous…just do something to break up your normal routine! Don’t not do things if you cannot find a companion to join. Waiting on other people will keep you waiting forever. Get out there and do things on your own!
Along those lines, you may discover something new that really tickles you and feel like you want to dive straight into. Make sure that you’ve cleared the decks of any other goals or dreams you’ve been working on first before you devote too much time to a new enterprise.
The wine for you …
There’s all kinds of new to be had in your wine for this month: Akberg Büyük Bağ Narince. Based in the infamous Şirince, this winery has produced “fruit wine” for years. Now they’re turning their hand to real wine* with talented winemaker Gülçin Akçay. Their Narince, sourced from Tokat, is a divisive wine and not to everyone’s taste, but you’ll most definitely find it interesting.
A new producer, the wines aren’t everywhere yet, but Grape Wine Boutique and Mensis Mahzen at least have some of them.
*I don’t mean to disparage all fruit wine or indicate that it’s not real wine. I quite enjoy some of it. But Şirince fruit wine? We all know that’s terrible bulk wine with artificial fruit flavoring.
Capricorn (December 23 – January 19)
Whereas Scorpios are doing metaphoric spring cleaning this month, you Capricorns need to do actual spring cleaning.
Get rid of things you no longer need or use. Go through your closet and purge things you haven’t worn in more than a year. What books or household items have you not re-read (or never got around to at all) or used in ages? Find a local charity to donate things that are in good condition and dump the rest.
Uncluttering your environment will provide a surprising side benefit of de-stressing you. This will allow you to focus on things that make you happy.
The wine for you …
Speaking of happy making things…summer red wine and seaside anyone? I hope that sounds good to you, Capricorns, because that’s what you should be drinking this month. Specifically, the Büyülübağ Adakarası. This light-weight red wine has a strong kick of black pepper and pairs well with all your favorite meats, heavier fish, and veg…especially if you’ve already broken out the grill. Try drinking it lightly chilled.
Find this at Comedus, Mahzen 26, and Mensis Mahzen.