
Soil Drunk on the Road: Wine, Terroir, and the Table in Robert Louis Stevenson
The author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, was a Scottish writer.

The author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson, was a Scottish writer.

The Canary Islands are one of the most stable success stories of European tourism. Twelve months of sunshine, a mild climate, a strong transportation network, and an established accommodation infrastructure…

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.

TEKIRDAĞ VITICULTURE and RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT WORKBack in September 2024, during the “Bir Başkadır Avşa” festival, we met Mehmet Ali, the Director of the Tekirdağ Viticulture Institute.

In November we held WAYANA 101, a session designed for those who believe learning about wine is worth the effort.