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Mr. de Bustros tells the history of Chateau Kefraya which started its production during the civil war in Lebanon in 1979. Chateau Kefraya wines are always of highest quality which is also suggested on their labels “Semper Ultra” translated as “always better” or “always higher”.
Among the best travel tips in Lebanon is the visit of Chateau Kefraya’s winery. Having won over 200 medals, Chateau Kefraya boasts Lebanon’s best-selling wine ”Les Bretèches” a subtle yet intense red belonging to the ‘pleasure wines’ category…
The 2011 vintage of Chateau Musar was appreciated by a famous American magazine from the West Coast; it was rated as one of the Top 100 wines for the year 2011. Chateau Musar has a particular natural wine production philosophy. In fact they even say that they don’t produce wine; they let the wine produce itself.
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.
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.
If you live in or have visited the UK in the last couple of months you may have noticed a red wine with a distinctively simple white and gold label on the shelves of Marks & Spencers; picking it up you might be surprised to find it´s from Lebanon.
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.
