Winery · Ürgüp

Kocabağ Winery Cave Tasting

Mehmet Erdoğan carved Kocabağ's cellars from solid tuff in 1972; today his sons produce 6,700 cases yearly using only Turkish grapes—no French barrels, just the volcanic terroir of Cappadocia.

What to do there

TastingKocabağ Winery Cave TastingHistoric winery carved into the volcanic tufa rock of Cappadocia. Their underground cellars maintain perfect temperature year-round, aging Emir and Kalecik Karası in centuries-old caves.

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