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Thereâ€™s More to Lebanon than ChÃ¢teau Musar

t occurred to me recently after a conversation with a customer that perhaps I take it for granted that people are aware of Lebanese wine. The way I’ve approached it in the past, as the title of this snippet suggests, was to try and get people to try Lebanese wines beyond those made at Château Musar. As much as this, perhaps I need to get people just acknowledging them in the first place. The wine that I’ve included in this month’s case hopefully fulfils both these aims.

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The winery is described as ‘the most seductively ramshackle and atmospheric winery in The Lebanon’ and is amongst the longest established and most highly acclaimed wineries in the Bekaa Valley. I hope you enjoy its deep flavours that are typical of Lebanese wine.

A Quick History Lesson

Where the country of Lebanon now sits is one of the oldest wine producing sites in the world.

During the Middle Ages the wine produced here was some the most sought after and distributed by the Merchants of Venice.

The conflict of the 1980s that devastated Beirut had its effect on the wine trade but the 1990s saw it resurgent as the number wineries grew from 5 to over 30.

There is a heavy French influence on the wine made here now but the unique climate brings a stunning individuality.