The Camlica family has been farming in Turkey since 1936, growing the Papaskarasi grape variety. Mustafa Camlica established Chamlija Wines in Buyukkarıstıran, Turkey to produce wine from the region's Papaskarasi grapes. Papaskarasi is a blue-black skinned grape indigenous to Turkey and Greece that Chamlija grows across its 85 hectares of vineyards in the fertile Strandja Massif region.