Glass of Boğazkere anyone? How about Öküzgözü?

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Don’t let the umlauts scare you, Turkish wines may be difficult to pronounce, but they are oh so easy to drink

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As if winemaking wasn’t already challenging, imagine doing it in a country where 83% of the population doesn’t drink and the government keeps enacting ever-more restrictive measures on marketing and selling alcohol. Now add a civil war next door and an increasingly volatile political scene and you begin to marvel at the dedication and determination of Turkish winemakers.

Read more at The Alcohol Professor.

 

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