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📍 Mürefte

Wine region ✔ Checked: 11.2026 · sources: 3 Updated:

A coastal village with a historic winery.

Mürefte is a coastal village in Thrace, Türkiye, home to a historic winery. Together with Uçmakdere and Şarköy, it is one of the key viticulture and winemaking places on the Tekirdağ-Şarköy coast.

Thrace is the only Turkish wine region on the European continent. Thracian winemaking declined after the 1923 Greece-Turkey population exchange and is now being revived.

On the map: Mürefte

How it connects to Wine

📍 Mürefte → kind of → 📍 Thrace ← grows in ← 🍇 Cabernet Sauvignon → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine

Frequently asked questions

Why did Thracian winemaking decline?

After the 1923 Greece-Turkey population exchange; it is now being revived.

Which places sit alongside Mürefte?

Uçmakdere and Şarköy.

What is special about Thrace?

It is the only Turkish wine region on the European continent.

Similar

📍 Şarköy · 📍 Kırklareli · 📍 Tekirdağ

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