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Mellified living: exploring Kars through honey

By Claire Bangser | December 12, 2012


In a guest post on the Cornucopia blog, Claire Bangser from the Balyolu team explores the sweeter side of Kars, a border town in far-eastern Turkey, famously portrayed as cold and bleak in Orhan Pamuk's novel 'Snow'.    In a village in northeastern Turkey, a bee-keeper died this spring at...
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An afternoon at the vineyard

By Christopher Ryan | June 18, 2012


Founded in 2003 by Alp Toruner, Büyülübağ Winery, on the island of Avşa in the Sea of Marmara, is one of a new breed of quality Turkish wine producers, making modern wines by traditional methods and using local grapes as well as more familiar varieties. Walking from Avşa ferryport, the way across...
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Love of Wine

By Michael Hornsby | March 4, 2012


Pro Wein March 4 – 6, 2012, Düsseldorf, Germany  Going to Pro Wein in Dusseldorf? Make sure you visit the Wines of Turkey pavilion where 11 top Turkish vineyards will be exhibiting. There will be guided tastings on Sunday and Monday with Master Sommelier Hendrik Thoma and ‘Kitchen Geurilla’ Koral...
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The işkembe taste test pt.1

By Cornucopia | March 25, 2011

Ah, işkembe (not sure what it is? See Cornucopia 20). A true divider of people, between those who revel in its warming silkiness and efficacy as a hangover cure, and those who are horrified at the slippery texture and faint whiff of wet dog. Istanbul Arts Diary has its fair...
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In memoriam - Victor Ananias

By Cornucopia | March 17, 2011

Victor Ananias, the founder of Turkish organic association Buğday, died at the age of 40 on 2 March. Of mixed Chilean-Turkish parentage, he was born in Switzerland and grew up in Germany, before moving to Turkey with his family during his teens. Beginning in 1990 with a stall selling organic...
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Wines of Turkey, continued.

By Michael Hornsby | February 27, 2011

We'd like to say a big thank you to the organizers of the inaugural Wines of Turkey tasting and conference event at Vinopolis in London on Thursday, and to all the Cornucopia subscribers who came along too. With a program that included eight producers offering samples of their winey wares,...
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Wines of Turkey - Exclusive Access for Cornucopia Subscribers

By Michael Hornsby | February 7, 2011

Here at Cornucopia our fondness for a glass of good wine is no great secret. For years we've extolled the virtues of Turkish viniculture and towards the bottom of  this page you can find a list of reviews for which volunteers have ever so reluctantly raised a hand, and then a...
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