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Domaine des Tourelles, Vieilles Vignes Cinsault 2021 Bekaa Valley

There is not much I can say about Bekaa-born Faouzi Issa (above), co-owner and winemaker of Domaine des Tourelles in the Bekaa Valley, that has not already been said by Jancis and Tam but in a week in which Lebanon has again been in the news because of death and destruction, I wanted to celebrate the life that continues to be created every year at Domaine des Tourelles in the most challenging circumstances imaginable. (See Michael Karam’s Lessons in wine-region survival.) Issa told me on Wednesday that the nearest pager explosion to them was 1 km away from the winery.

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Podcast

Wine and War: Palestine, Israel and lebanon

Wine Blast with Susie and Peter

Wine can seem tremendously unimportant at a time of war. At what is a torrid time in the Middle East, we wanted to check in with three winemakers - from Palestine, Israel and Lebanon - and ask: can wine really be a source of positivity during troubled times?

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