The Birth of a Cult: Screaming Eagle and Reflections on Turkish Winemaking l o g

Whether we are aware of it or not, nature has developed details of its own—details we cannot fully comprehend.

Cyprus is almost always on our national agenda, though rarely for anything outside politics. This time, it appears for a reason much closer to our own field of interest.

Geisenheim University was featured in the WAYANA Bulletin only two weeks ago, when we covered their exciting project on the opportunities solar panels may create for vineyards.

You might remember that our journey into the world of wine began back in our BEPPE days, long before WAYANA existed.

I’m writing these lines on Thursday, December 26, 2025, with the year drawing to a close. Keeping a record of what the sector has experienced matters, especially for a small venue like WAYANA that stands in the middle of it all.

Ask anyone with even a modest sense of the world, and the country that comes to mind first when speaking of wine is, overwhelmingly, France. Archaeological records show that the French romance with wine was nourished by Anatolia, but we’ll leave that point aside for now.