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Zafer Chaoui, Chairman of Chateau Ksara, talks about the distribution of Chateau Ksara wines.
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Zafer Chaoui, Chairman of Chateau Ksara, talks about the distribution of Chateau Ksara wines.
Zafer Chaoui, Chairman of Chateau Ksara talks about the vision for Chateau Ksara. Chateau Ksara will for the next 2 years focus on improving the quality of wines instead of expansion of production.
Zafer Chaoui, Chairman of Chateau Ksara, talks about the history of the oldest vineyard in Lebanon.
Zafer Chaoui, Chairman of Chateau Ksara shares his views on tourism sector in Lebanon and particularity on the wine tourism in Lebanon. View this exclusive interview on Lebanon wine tourism.
The motto of de Bustros and Château Kefraya is “Semper Ultra,” which means “Always the Best.” To everyone at Château Kefraya, it means that no matter how well they do, they are always striving to do better. But for de Bustros this obligation is not due to the grape, but to art. “In Kefraya,” he says, “we are not making wines, we are making Kefraya. The taste is a melody.”
In the ancient world, Lebanese wine was celebrated The Romans so celebrated the wines of the Bekaa Valley that they dedicated one of the largest temples to wine in the world—the famous Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek.
Lebanese wine production is thought to be one of the oldest in the world. Meet with the leading Lebanese wine producer in video interview with Zafer Chaoui, Chairman of Chateau Ksara, who elaborates on tourism and wine industry in Lebanon, shares 150-year-long history of Chateau Ksara and discusses his vision to produce the best Lebanese wine.
We had our own wine made from our own grapes and from our own winery and thus from that point on we agreed to only use grapes from Kefraya. We started with white wine, rosé wine, and red wine and the Kefraya Nouveau. After this we created many more types of wine and now we have so many. We have three categories: Pleasure Wines, Feast Wines, and Prestige Wines.
In 1857 the Jesuits discovered an ideal place for growing grapes and producing wine which is the Bekaa Valley. They started producing small quantities of wine in Ksara where they built a monastery. Then they started to import noble grapes from France and North Africa and thus, the production increased.
Over the past decade, Chateau Ksara has seen the introduction of new grape varieties that have grown into vines the Bekaa valley has blissfully nurtured. Ksara has also seen developments in technique such as vines cultivation on wires and the attentive