📍 Southeastern Anatolia
The hot south-east, home of the tannic Boğazkere grape.
Southeastern Anatolia is a wine region in southeastern Türkiye that includes Diyarbakır and Midyat (Mardin). What sets it apart is the Assyrian wine tradition. Shiluh, Turkey's largest commercial Assyrian-style winery, uses only indigenous grapes: Boğazkere, Öküzgözü, Mazrona and Kerküş.
The roots go back to the Bible, since Ezekiel mentions the wine of Izalla, on the southern edge of the Tur Abdin plateau, traded with Tyre. For most of the time since, Assyrian wine was homemade, until three Assyrian families founded a commercial winery in 2008.
The community is small: only about 10,000 to 15,000 Assyrians remain in Turkey, mostly around Midyat-Mardin.
How it connects to Wine
📍 Southeastern Anatolia ← grows in ← 🍇 Boğazkere → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🗺️ Turkish wine
- Grapes
- 🍇 Boğazkere
Frequently asked questions
What is Shiluh?
Turkey's largest commercial Assyrian-style winery, using only indigenous grapes.
Who mentions the wine of Izalla?
Ezekiel; Izalla lay on the southern edge of the Tur Abdin plateau and traded with Tyre.
Which towns does the region include?
Diyarbakır and Midyat (Mardin).
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