The price of wine in Turkey

In Ürgüp, our tasting cellar is a great opportunity for us. We receive you customers every day and it gives us a chance to discuss with you. You give us your opinion about the wines, which allows us to improve each year.

One of the most common subjects is the price of wine. You know there are high taxes, it's not a big news, but one should know that there is a considerable work behind a bottle. For example, we are just starting to sell our Turasan Cabernet Sauvignon 2008. We started working in this Cabernet’s vineyard in 2007 and we are in 2010. Three years of work and investment for this wine...

What I don't understand is the strategy of some restaurants that heighten by 5 or 6 the price of a bottle of wine. By doing this discourages customers, so that they prefer drink water or beer ... It's a pity, because the wine goes so well with the Turkish food... 

I would like to give you two examples of splendid hotels and restaurants practicing very reasonable prices especially for the wines. 

One is located in Uçhisar in Cappadocia : Sira Hotel, one of whose owners, Murat Yanki, is a winelover and is specialized in wine tourism. http://hotelsira.com/

The other one is located in Finike (not far from Antalya) : "Villa Hotel L’Orangeraie," whose owners are French lovers of Turkey. http://orangeraie-de-finike.com/  

They are not the only ones, but are unfortunately rare. I thank them because they highlight a part of the Turkish gastronomy, the wine.