🍇 Emir
A white Turkish grape for wine and the table, grown in Central Anatolia and Cappadocia.
Emir is a white grape variety from Türkiye. The Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) classes it as both a wine grape and a table grape and lists the synonyms Ak Üzüm and Emir Weiss.
Emir is grown in Central Anatolia. A 1999 study analysed the aroma of Emir wine made from grapes of the Nevşehir–Ürgüp area in Cappadocia, and a 2002 study examined how different yeast strains change the flavour of white wines from Emir grown in Central Anatolia.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Emir → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Turkish wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Cappadocia, 📍 Central Anatolia
- Related to
- 🍷 Sparkling wine
Frequently asked questions
What colour are Emir grapes?
Emir has white berries, as described in the grape variety catalogue.
Where does Emir come from?
Emir comes from this country: Türkiye.
Which wines are made from Emir?
White wines: researchers have studied the aroma of Emir white wines from the Nevşehir–Ürgüp area and from Central Anatolia. VIVC also classes Emir as a table grape.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Turkish wine — Wine and grape growing in Türkiye: about 395 thousand ha of vines (6th in the world, 2025), but only a small share of the harvest goes to wine.
- 🍷 Sparkling wine — Four EU categories with at least 3 bar of carbon dioxide; traditional, tank and ancestral methods; Champagne, Cava, Prosecco.
Similar
🍇 Kalecik Karası · 🍇 Öküzgözü · 🍇 Pizzutella · 🍇 Cherna Rezekia · 🍇 Karasakız · 🍇 Karalahna
Sources
- Wikidata
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Emir, No. 13621
- Cabaroğlu T., Canbaş A., Günata Z., Bayonove C. (1999). Effect of use of pure yeast culture (Saccharomyces cerevisiae-K1) on aromatic compounds of Emir wine. Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 23(7)
- Nurgel C. et al. (2002). Influence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains on fermentation and flavor compounds of white wines made from cv. Emir grown in Central Anatolia, Turkey. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology 29(1): 28–33