From vine to bottle, here is a story about the journey of Datca Vineyard’s award-winning blush wine and the man who makes it. The blush wine produced here is made from the native Turkish grape, Öküzgözü . This is a full-bodied red grape that when translated means, “eye of the bull.” Megan and I arrived …
Month: October 2019
Of all the places I thought we might end up naked this year, Turkey was definitely not on the list. But there we were, 6 months into our trip sitting in an uncomfortably small towel wondering what exactly we had just gotten ourselves into. You see friends, this year for Matt’s birthday we decided to …
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We must have been chatting a bit too loudly when it happened. An older, very angry woman stood up and began shouting at us in Romanian. We were aboard the overnight train from Bucharest to Oradea and were deep in discussion with our new Romanian friend. The woman didn’t appreciate this and directed her anger …
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When Megan and I arrived to Datca Vineyard in southern Turkey we didn’t know that we would be in the middle of so many olive groves. After only a couple of days being here it was time for the olive harvest to begin. From this point on, Megan and I will always question the quality …
