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Çal Vineyard Route: Türkiye’s Hidden Wine Destination
When we first started this blog, the Çal Vineyard Route was the newest wine route in Türkiye. Later, the Lydia Historical Wine Route was also opened, so it’s no longer the newest — but it remains one of the most exciting wine journeys to explore. The Çal Vineyard Route (Çal Bağ Yolu) was established in Read more
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A UNESCO-Protected Vineyard Route: Lavaux (Switzerland)
Swiss wines haven’t been heard much worldwide due to being neighbors with 2 giant wine countries like France and Italy. Although their own people consume their own wines plenty, we can say that it’s not really possible to see Swiss wines in other countries. We too were unaware of Swiss wines until our visit to Read more
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Dubrovnik Wine Bars & Croatian Wines
Before saying hello to our little girl, we chose Dubrovnik for what would be our last trip alone for a while. When choosing our destination, we never imagined that we would taste this much wine in Croatia and buy nearly a suitcase full of wine on our way home 🙂 We had so little knowledge Read more
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London Wine Bars (England)
During our 1-week London trip planned for our WSET3 education, we of course didn’t waste our evenings. In order to both prepare our palates for the exam ( 🙂 ) and make new discoveries, we tried to explore London’s wine bars as much as possible. Although the intensive studying required by our course made these Read more
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English Wineries (Kent, East Sussex)
During our 1-week London trip planned for our WSET3 education, since we had come all the way to England, we didn’t hold back from exploring this geography that is one of the world’s newest wine regions. Although England has only recently started to be associated with wine thanks to the effects of global warming, the Read more
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South American Wines & Wine Bars (Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina)
South America was a route we had dreamed of traveling for years. Machu Picchu, in particular, was always at the top of our travel list. After having to cancel our Peru trip several times due to the pandemic and various other reasons, we found the opportunity to realize it in 2023 by expanding the route Read more
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South African Wines & Wine Bars (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Stellenbosch)
Right after we booked our long-planned Grand Africa tour, the biggest question mark on our minds was how much of a chance we would get to taste South African wines. Since we were traveling with a large tour group, we wouldn’t have the opportunity to visit wine regions on our own as we usually do. Read more
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Greek Islands Wines & Wineries (Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Milos) (Greece)
As our Greek Islands Cruise Tour, which we had planned months in advance, was approaching, the only topic we were researching like crazy was: Greek Wines! The wines we had recently had the chance to taste in both Drama and Chios had gotten us more than excited for our trip. Wine Regions of GreeceSource: https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/the-wine-regions-of-greece-map/ Read more
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Melnik Vineyard Route & Bulgarian Wines – Part 1
Melnik is a tiny town with a population of only 300, located in the Struma Valley in southwestern Bulgaria, which we could describe as Bulgaria’s equivalent of Sirince. The most notable feature of this town, where you’d find more people per randomly selected square meter in Istanbul, is that the surrounding region has a very Read more
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Budapest Wine Bars & Hungarian Wines
When we planned our 3-day trip to Budapest for the Sziget Music Festival, while thinking about what to do at the festival in the evenings, there was one topic we really wanted to integrate into our daytime city tours: Hungarian Wines! Although we had mostly heard Hungary’s name in the wine world through Hungarian oak Read more