One of our endemic white wine grapes is Yapincak. It is also known as Kinalı Yapincak, due to its specimens with tiny brown spots on the grape grains. It is estimated that the birthplace of the Yapincak grape is the Tekirdag region, which is adjacent to the northern coast of the Marmara Sea.

The Yapincak grape ripens late. The clusters are large and the grains are thin-shelled. Yapincak vines have high disease resistance and can adapt to clay soils and low rainfall. It is mostly grown in Sarköy and Murefte, where intensive wine production is made in Marmara region.

Yapincak and Kinali Yapincak wines are medium bodied, with low acidity and known for their aromas of red apple, pear and quince. Thanks to its thin skin, it is also consumed as table grapes. It is common to use pickled Yapıncak vine leaves in leaf wrap, which is among the favourite local dishes. The application for its use as a leaf was accepted by the Turkish Patent Institute and registered with the name of "Tekirdag Yapincak Brine Vine Leaf". Technical studies were carried out on the producer's harvesting of both leaves and grapes from the vine, and the results were shared with the producers.

Let's not pass without mentioning the movie Kinalı Yapincak, which met with the audience at the end of the 1960s. The story of the speech-impaired Lamia, played by Hülya Koçyiğit, a local movie star, attracted great attention at the time it was shown and ensured that the Kinali Yapincak word pattern was adopted by a large audience.

At WAYANA Wine Bar, which operates in Istanbul Kadikoy, we serve only Turkish wines. In the white wines segment of the WAYANA Wine Menu, we include a wide selection of both Yapincak and Kinalı Yapincak wines. You can examine the Yapincak wines of Aker, Pasaeli and Suvla wineries, among the wine producers with vineyards in Thrace, in this section. Since all wines are served by the glass at WAYANA, wine lovers who want to compare how different producers interpret Yapincak and Kinali Yapincak wines, can try it by the glass.