Wine World: An unexpected Turkish delight
Once upon a time, before the Wahabi and Salafists let their pernicious view of Islam loose, the Near and Middle East were the major wine producing regions in the world. The Ottomans inherited the vineyards with the Christian population of the Byzantine empire, and were grateful for the export and tax money they generated.
These days you are hard pressed to find wines from the region as the Christian populations are pressured to emigrate. They do however still exist. What’s more, most of th
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