PAMUKKALE WINERY…. "Winery is the art of perfectly transferring the attributes of the grape to the the wine. Pamukkale Winery has adopted this as a principle in all of its production.” Pamukkale wines is founded in Güney county of the Denizli city in 1962, by Fevzi Tokat and his 4 siblings with 100,000 lt capacity. Güney county is in the north of Denizli, at 38°9'14.64" N latitude and 29°3'58.60''E longitude and 750 - 850 meters above the sea level. In winter, cold and snowy continental climate prevails in county of Güney with the average of annual rainfall of 475-550mm and the temperature difference between day and night in the summer reaches 15°C - 20°C. Soil is clay - loam, limestone and pebbly. The Güney Plateau is an important vineyard for winery because of the ideal natural conditions as well as the investments made to the region by Pamukkale Wines. Pamukkale winery, with its fully grown 65 hectares of vineyards and contracted farmers, makes chetaux style production that is described as "processing on site". In cooperation with the leading wine cultivation institutions, the local manufacturers had the opportunity to continue their education. Hundreds of thousands of grape vines and plant protection agents were provided free of charge. The main target of Pamukkale Winery was to increase local wine cultivation. Because of the surge in the cultivation of grapes, many people returned to the wine-growing region and for this the company can be very proud. Today, Pamukkale Wines is one of the most important producers in Turkey with its gold medal awarded products in international contests and with a modern winery that has 5000 tons/year capacity.