“The Uzbaş farm, which includes Urla Şarapçılık and the Uzbaş Arberatorium, was founded in its current form by Can Ortabas in 1996. The vineyards are part of a”green museum” that includes 1,900 different plant varieties. The Urla Winery Inc., whose main activity is winemaking and viticulture, has, since 2000, been working for the selection, re-diversification and revival of noble international grapes, Anatolian varieties and local grapes.
Kuşçular, 8028 Sok. No:12, 35430 Urla/İzmir – Tel: +90 232 759 0111 – Winery website
Open summer ( 1 June—30 September) Monday through Saturday 10:00-20:00, Sunday 11:00-19:00. Winter Monday through Saturday 10:00-18:00, Sunday 11:00-19:00. Closed: New Year’s Day, the first day of Ramadan, and the first day of Eid.
Urla Şarapçılık Grape Varieties
There are eleven types of wine, and the winery gained recognition in 2010 with the Arkitera Architectural Award and 300 national and international wine production awards under the name Urla. Annually, 80,000 visitors visit the Urla Winery Vineyards.
Urla Şarapçılık has vineyards of approximately 550 decares producing around 300,000 litres of premium quality boutique wine annually. Besides the Italian and French grape types such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Nero d’Avola, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Sangiovese, Petit Verdot, Turkish varieties such as Boğazkere and Bornova Misket have been initiated. They have revived the Urla Karası and Gaydura varieties, which had been extinct in the region. Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Narince, Viognier, Grenache and Mourvedre are also cultivated.
Urla Şarapçılık Viticulture
In the winery, they apply a flow technique with the natural force of gravity; processed grapes are automatically poured into stainless steel and oak tanks. The wine flows into French oak barrels using the same method. Because no pump is used, the wines are not traumatised and do not lose anything from their peculiar, delicate aroma and flavour.
With technically superior equipment and varied barrels in the winery (Ganymede, horizontal, oak, etc.), flexible production can be undertaken for each kind of wine to get the best result. In this way, successful results are obtained using product quality. The winery has a modern equipped and advanced laboratory, and the life in each barrel is constantly monitored.
Urla Şarapçılık Wine Tasting
In the afternoons, the winery has paid wine tastings every 30 minutes, which include a wine production tour. Despite the extensive tasting rooms and the snack accompaniments with the wine, note there is no regular cafe or restaurant in the facility. The winery can arrange corporate events and has arrangements with a catering organisation for high-level and large-scale dining and tasting functions in the gardens. There is also an exclusive two-room hotel onsite.
Urla Wines
Urla wines can be purchased at the winery. With their relatively large production, they are one of only a few wine brands that are broadly distributed, including to upscale supermarkets such as Macro Centre throughout Tūrkiye, and they can be purchased in Turkish airport duty-free outlets. Wines include:
Urla Nexus (Merlot-Nero d’Avola-Cabernet Franc)
Urla Nero d’Avola & Urla Karası (Nero d’Avola & Urla Karası)
Urla Vourla (Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot-Syrah-Boğazkere)
Urla Tempus (Merlot-Syrah-Cabernet Sauvignon-Cabernet Franc-Petit Verdot)
Urla Serendias Rose (Pinot Noir-Kalecik Karası)
Urla Symposium Dömisek (Bornova Misketi)
Urla Chardonnay (Chardonnay)
Urla Sauvignon Blanc (Sauvignon Blanc)
Urla Cabernet Sauvignon (Cabernet Sauvignon)
Urla Boğazkere (Boğazkere)
Urla Hypnose (Narince & Beyazkere)
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