"Aegean Ties to Antiquity
Turkish winemaker Resit Soley on the island of Bozcaada and his Corvus vineyard
By J. S. MARCUS
PEOPLE IN THE wine world cannot stop talking about terroir. Used to describe everything from a winegrowing region's annual rainfall to the kind of lunch the local vineyard workers like to eat, the word is a slightly highbrow way to say, in effect, 'around here.' Not surprisingly, it is just about the first word that Resit Soley, one of Turkey's newest and best winemakers, uses to sum up the unique aspects of Bozcaada, the windswept Aegean island where his winemaking venture, Corvus Vineyards, has been producing fine wines since 2004. But for once, terroir, in all its grandeur, falls short. Bozcaada, as it turns out, is not just a piece of land -- it is the stuff of myth."
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