Umay Çeviker, the Turkish architect and wine lover who sent us this report back in March, sends the following thought-provoking account of the trials and tribulations of assembling wines for a tasting in a country with as limited a selection of imported wines as Turkey. It made me very glad to be based in London...
No wonder I was thinking about London the other day when jogging in the unexpected summer rain here in Turkey. It is such an irony that London, with its sophisticated merchants, amazing little niche shops, various tastings and wine columns in endless Saturday papers, makes...