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• short and confused says:

  9/9/2015 8:39:00 AM - Nesli, It was such a pleasure to meet you! I look forward to pulling more corks with you. Let's have the 2002 radio couteau with some Thai food soon. Justin

• Winemoments says:

  12/31/2014 3:40:00 AM - Hi Nesli, thanks for reaching out. Great to hear that we have passionate ambassadors for Turkish wine around the world. Turkish wine brands and producers need your support desperately. As for native grapes, I guess my favorite is Bogazkere. With its potential to surprise and its dinstictive taste and odor that can radically change according to terroir, I often liken it to Pinot Noir, although I was unable to find any record of common ancestry. General consent is towards a relation between Kalecik Karasi and Pinot Noir, which I couldn't come to an agreement with in numerous comparisons. Pinot Noir and Bogazkere show more power and character which I believe Kalecik Karasi lacks. Kayla Vintage Bogazkere and Pendore Bogazkere are good examples in that sense. Also there's a good effort to rejuvenate Urla Karasi, a native grape of Urla and Aegean by Urla Sarapcilik and they're doing a hell of a job with their Nero D'avalo-Urla Karasi blend. I believe that Urla Karasi is also mentioned as a newcomer to world of wine in Jancis Robinson's recent Wine Grapes book. As for whites, Narince is a good surprise and I'd recommend you to check out Cote D'avanos Narince-Chardonnay blend which I believe is the best Turkish white I've tasted to date. I'd love to meet you and chat over wine when you visit Turkey. Please drop me an e-mail at ercument_sener@yahoo.com for further correspondence. I am a passionate student and explorer when it comes down to wine. I wish you and your family a grape New Year :) Cheers, Ercument

• la turque says:

  12/29/2014 10:29:00 AM - Hi Nesli. Good to meet you. Actually, I'm not of Turkish descent; just really love Guigal's La Turque!