- Buzbağ
Buzbağ is a full flavored red
wine made fromBogazkere grapes grown in theAnatolia region ofTurkey . The wine is a heartyBurgundy style wine with high tannic levels. It is sometimes produced in anIce Wine fashion with the grapes allowed to hang on the vine till the first frost and then crushed while the grapes are still frozen.Historically, the area where Buzbağ is produced is considered a possible birthplace of wine. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/2006/02/11/etturkeyfood.xml UK Telegraph article] ] The biblical accounts of
Noah after the flood has him planting a vineyard near the area where the ark landed. This area is presumed to beMt. Ararat were Buzbağ is still being produced today by the state ran vineyards ofTekel near the town ofElazığ by theEuphrates river. [ [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/886bd7f2-0519-11db-9b9e-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=023f3086-010c-11db-af16-0000779e2340.html Financial Times] ]Footnotes
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* [http://www.ewineplanet.com/country.asp?id=26&main=116 eWineplanet.com]
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