Turasan was established in 1943 and produces 2,000,000 litres per year. This wine is made from emir, the only grape exclusive to the Turkish region of Cappadocia. The color is light and bright, with a slight green tint. White florals waft up from the glass along with pear. The palate
Cocktails, Culture and Customs from Turkey to Tennessee: With Jack Maxwell, host of Travel Channel’s new Booze Traveler series. Once there was a little kid who snuck into bars in South Boston and shined shoes. You could to do this in Southie a few decades ago, if you were a
Turkish wines are historic, interesting and in many cases pretty good. And the Islamic ruling party would be happy for you to take more of them away from the country. Turkey is a fascinating place for wine researchers because it appears to be the birthplace of wine. The center of
Last month the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists issued a 53-page report on freedom of the press in Turkey. According to the group, the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had 76 journalists in prison as of September 1, 2012 – more, the CPJ reports, than those imprisoned
One of the distinctive aspects of the London International Wine Fair, among major wine events in the world, is that it takes place in a country that is a great importer of wines, rather than a major producer like France or Italy, where Vinexpo and Vinitaly take place. For producers
"There is an alcoholic haze at the center of our galaxy." No, that sentence isn’t an example of fuzzy-headed navel-gazing after a night of over-imbibing. It is an excerpt from Dr. Patrick E. McGovern’s 2009 book “Uncorking the Past: The-read more-