Kavaklıdere Winery, the first private sector winery in Turkey, has been founded by Cenap And in 1929 in Ankara. Since then, it has steadily developed to become Turkey’s leading wine producer. The company owns 562 hectares of vineyards in the most important wine-producing areas of Anatolia, where their professional winegrowers strive to maintain the perfect grapes-soil-climate equation. Their aim is to increase the potential of the vines that produce the grapes that have been successful in the production of Anatolian wines for hundreds of years and to introduce wines from international grape varieties grown in Anatolia’s various micro-climates to achieve their best potential when they are transformed into wine.

Kavaklıdere’s products are being produced in modern facilities and vineyards located in Ankara-Akyurt, Cappadocia-Gülşehir and Aegean-Kemaliye-Pendore. Its winery has a storage capacity of 19.5 million liters and exports almost 20% of its production, which consists of 51 different wines plus two grape juices, to European, American and Far Eastern markets.

Since its establishment, Kavaklıdere Winery has stood by its principle of “Anatolian wine from Anatolian grapes” and has improved and introduced indigenous Anatolian grapes to the world. Its participation in many domestic and foreign competitions has earned the Kavaklıdere Winery more than 500 medals.

Every year the target of “standard and consistent good quality” has been realized due to the implementation of new technology, increased production and the benefits of technical and theoretical support for the cultivation of the grapes. In 2005, in partnership with the French firm Duvigneau S.A, Kav Vin Inc. was established for the expressed purpose of improving Turkish vineyards and winemaking as well as producing a higher quality and healthier, certified grapevines.