Buzbağ

Buzbağ

Buzbağ is a full flavored red wine made from Bogazkere grapes grown in the Anatolia region of Turkey. The wine is a hearty Burgundy style wine with high tannic levels. It is sometimes produced in an Ice 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 be Mt. Ararat were Buzbağ is still being produced today by the state ran vineyards of Tekel near the town of Elazığ by the Euphrates river. [ [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/886bd7f2-0519-11db-9b9e-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=023f3086-010c-11db-af16-0000779e2340.html Financial Times] ]

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* [http://www.ewineplanet.com/country.asp?id=26&main=116 eWineplanet.com]


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