Turkish wines risk drying up as economic and climate crises grow (Erin O’Brien, Al Jazeera)

December 31, 2021

As Gabriel Oktay Cili works in his small wood-panelled silver shop in the heart of the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin, several people drop off damaged jewellery, which he repairs with a decades-old blowtorch. But most visitors come to order and pick up his sweet, spicy homemade wine.

In the past two decades, numerous boutique wineries have cropped up across Turkey, competing in a burgeoning wine industry. Some proprietors are working to bring European winemaking practices to Turkey, while others – like Cili – are striving to revive the region’s ancient winemaking traditions.

Turkish wines risk drying up as economic and climate crises grow | Business and Economy | Al Jazeera

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Turkish wines risk drying up as economic and climate crises grow (Erin O’Brien, Al Jazeera)

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