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Vinifera Vineyards Hotel
Selçuk, Turkey · Independent · Near Luxury
You sleep in the vineyard. Vinifera is the hotel of Yedi Bilgeler, the Seven Sages winery at Gökçealan, on the old road between Ephesus and Magnesia, just past Çamlık's railway museum. The wines carry the philosophers' names. Pythagoras is the red blend, and Bias, Solon, Chilon, Thales, Anaxagoras and Lasos fill out the set. An Austrian architect built the stone house: twenty-five deluxe rooms, two family suites and a king suite, looking over lavender and olive trees the winery says are a century old and grafted onto wild stock. Oil from those trees goes into Mayadan, the restaurant. Ephesus is about fifteen minutes by car.
- 28 rooms
- Neighborhood: Gökçealan
About Vinifera Vineyards Hotel
- Pythagoras, the house red, is Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot, kept 14 to 16 months in French and Hungarian oak. The other labels run on to Heraclitus, Pittacus and Hippocrates.
- About five acres of vines lie between the rooms and the cellar, on an estate of roughly twelve acres, with a 200-square-meter pool in the middle of the hamlet.
History
Vinifera Vineyards Hotel is the lodging of Yedi Bilgeler, the Seven Sages winery at Döltenaltı in Gökçealan, a village also called Burgaz, in Selçuk. An Austrian architect built the stone house. The current count is one king suite, two family suites and 25 deluxe rooms, country style, each with a balcony or terrace, and a pool of 200 square meters.
The estate is about 50 dönüm, roughly twelve acres. About 20 dönüm of vines, five acres, sit between the rooms and the winery. Olive trees around the rooms are described as a century old and grafted from wild olive, and that oil is used in the restaurant. Mayadan is the dining room. The wines are named for philosophers of this coast: Thales, Bias, Solon, Chilon, Anaxagoras, Lasos and Pythagoras, and the list runs on to Heraclitus, Pittacus and Hippocrates. Pythagoras is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot, aged 14 to 16 months in French and Hungarian oak.
The setting
Gökçealan sits on the old road between Ephesus and Magnesia, a short drive past Çamlık, the village with the open-air railway museum. Ephesus is about fifteen minutes by car. Şirince, the House of the Virgin Mary and Kuşadası are the other easy drives. The hamlet is vines, lavender, fig and olive, not a beach street.
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