They Make Wine in Lebanon?!? Diving Into One of the World’s Oldest Wine Traditions

About this episode

This episode explores Lebanon's ancient winemaking traditions and its ongoing challenges in the wine industry.

Not only do they make great wine in Lebanon, the country has one of the oldest winemaking traditions in the world! The ancient Phoenicians produced wine there thousands of years ago and helped spread it throughout the Mediterranean. In this episode, we dig into Lebanon’s remarkable wine history and explore how it continues today despite many challenges and repeated threats to its survival. It is a story of extraordinary grit and perseverance. We also taste and review two Lebanese wines,...

Topics covered

• Lebanese wine
• winemaking traditions
• history of wine
• cultural heritage
• wine tasting

Keywords

• Lebanon
• wine
• Phoenicians
• winemaking
• Mediterranean
• history
• tasting
• tradition

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Lebanon, Mediterranean

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