Category Archives: world of wine

Petrol smell in Riesling is a mistake?

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Murat Mumcuoglu

Very interesting article in Decanter about Michel Chapoutier’s comments on “Petrol smell in Riesling is a result of a mistake during winemaking”. Check it out from: http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/525144/petrol-smell-in-riesling-a-mistake-chapoutier I really wonder if there will be any reply to this argument from … Continue reading →

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Eating wine…

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Murat Mumcuoglu

I like to have interesting news about world of wine… This time the news is coming from United States… According to “Terre de Vins” two old friends “Bret Birnbaum” and “David Zablocki” have created a gourmet “sorbet” from wine (actually … Continue reading →

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News about Australian wines…

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Murat Mumcuoglu

An interesting article written by “Matt Kramer” in Wine Spectator magazine:  http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/44728 The article tells about the story regarding the “decrease” in the popularity of Australian wines within the last few years. Kramer tells about also the decline in the … Continue reading →

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A comment about Neal Martin’s scores…

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Murat Mumcuoglu

It was about 1,5 years ago when I met with Kayra’s wine director (a Turkish Wine Producer) and discussed about the possibility of meeting with Robert Parker or his experts and getting scores from them for Turkish wines. He had … Continue reading →

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Neal Martin scored Turkish wines @www.erobertparker.com …

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Murat Mumcuoglu

Finally a long-awaited matter has happened and Turkish Wines were scored at Robert Parker’s website http://www.erobertparker.com by wine expert Neal Martin. We shall consider that all tastings were held during the Turkish Wine Seminar in London and I hope that … Continue reading →

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