Henrietta StratonJan 316 minÖküzgözü from all around TurkeyTurkey is home to more than 1000 grape varieties and has been doing wine for more than 7000 years. Unfortunately people outside of Turkey...
Henrietta StratonJan 273 minBüyülübag Öküzgozü-Boğazkere - the Turkish Wine ClassicsWhat is Turkey's answer to the classic Bordeaux blend? It's, of course, the marriage of Öküzgözü and Boğazkere. Both grapes are from East...
Henrietta StratonOct 5, 20218 minPaşaeli Wine Tasting in Amsterdam with Wines of TurkeyThis week I had my first wine meetup in the Netherlands with Wines of Turkey .NL - Turkish wine importer in the Netherlands. We were...
Henrietta StratonSep 26, 20215 minThrace Wine Route - an immense wine region right next to IstanbulThe Thrace Wine Route (Trakya Bağ Rotası in Turkish) is the oldest wine route in the country that actually unites 4 separate wine routes...
Henrietta StratonSep 26, 20212 min7000 Years of Winemaking. Practical Guide to Turkish WinesMost of the people are surprised to find out that Turkey makes wine at all. In fact, the cradle of winemaking is somewhere around here in...
Henrietta StratonJul 27, 20215 minThe Thracian terroir through Chamlija's Teruar SerisiWhat fascinates us the most in wine? For me it's the ability of a grapevine to tell us the story of the land, the year and the men and...
Henrietta StratonJul 27, 20213 minAcikara - a rare and indigenous Turkish grape rediscovered by LikyaI’m extremely excited about tasting new varieties, especially when they come from the place of their origin and have a story to inspire...
Henrietta StratonJul 27, 20213 minThe hopeless love of Chamlija's Kara SevdaWhat is love? Maybe this bottle is an answer? Kara Sevda translates as 'black love' (perhaps, better even ''hopeless'') and one might...
Henrietta StratonJul 27, 20214 minChamlija Kehribar 2019 - natural orange wine from TurkeyI don't really like pairing wine with food. This honesty might hurt me though as there's a widely accepted opinion that food makes wine...
Henrietta StratonJul 27, 20216 minChamlija - the winery of the ThraciansWhen you're visiting a winery the last thing you do is actually tasting wines. First of all (at least for me) it's meeting the people...
Henrietta StratonJul 8, 20214 minDiscover the Thrace Wine Route in Turkey - Chateau KalpakIt’s been a while I was looking forward to an opportunity to visit Turkish wineries. Turkey is one of the oldest winemaking countries in...
Henrietta StratonJul 8, 20215 minDiscover the Thrace Wine Route in Turkey - Chateau GaliThe next winery I visited in Trakya, or let's say it properly, on the Thrace Wine Route, was Chateau Gali. The word means beautiful,...
Henrietta StratonJul 6, 20217 minTurkish Island Wines from BozcaadaA rocky island where the Marmara Sea empties to the Agean Sea. Here winds never stop blowing and your safe haven is the picturesque coves...