Like the rise of Australia and California in the 1970s, New Zealand in the 1980s and South Africa in the 2000s, Lebanon is now having its moment in the sun as an emerging wine exporting country. Driven mainly by the good reputation of its wine and the global support for the country through buying its… Continue reading Evolution of Lebanese Wine Export: The importance of style and storytelling
Lebanese wine is mostly of very good quality. The Lebanese people knows it, wine critics know it, and now the rest of the world is just starting to catch up. There’s a renewed global interest in Lebanese wine with news platforms like Bloomberg and the Guardian recently calling it “superb” and building a case of… Continue reading Lebanese Wine: Why the world is giving it attention and how to ride the wave of global demand
In the debate of Old World wine producers versus the New World producers, Lebanon falls in the ancient wine producer category. The Phoenician civilization in Lebanon (1550BC-300 BC) were thought to be among the first traders of wine based on ancient wine amphorae, clay vessels, found in 2700 year old shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea.… Continue reading Overview of the Wines of Lebanon
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