Club Grappe Wine Tours - Day Tours

BEST BREAKFAST - Village Food in Lebanon + CEDARS OF GOD!

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Thank you to USAID - My visit to Lebanon was supported by the USAID Lebanon Enterprise Development Project.

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Thanks to Maya and Jad.
Thanks to Ibrahim Osta (Director Middle East & North Africa, Chemonics International):
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Hadath El Jebbeh, Lebanon - We drove from Beirut to Hadath El Jebbeh, a small village on the edge of Kadisha Valley in Lebanon. In the village, we met up with Ward from Ward Cafe Trottoir who runs a cosy mountain restaurant serving traditional Lebanese food and local mountain dishes.

Here are a few of the delicious ingredients and Lebanese foods I learned about:

Husrum - Sour, young grape vinegar
Labneh - Creamy cheese made from yoghurt, essential in Lebanese cuisine
Shanklish - Aged and dried Levantine cheese
Awarma eggs - Eggs with salted lamb fat
Macaroon Toum - Lebanese garlic pasta
Kishk - Dried yoghurt with bulgur wheat, made into porridge

Kadisha Valley - After an amazing meal with Ward, we continued our journey into the beautiful Kadisha Valley and visited the spectacular Deir Mar Elisha monastery.

Cedars of God - The symbol of Lebanon, as has been for thousands of years is the Cedar of Lebanon, also known as the Cedars of God. They were spectacular to see in person, they are truly majestic trees.

Ehden, Lebanon - Finally, we ended this day in Lebanon in the town of Ehden for some sahlab - milk pudding.

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Lebanese Wine

Marcopolis.net Video Interview with Zafer Chaoui, Chairman of Chateau Ksara. Also available here

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.

To read the full transcript of the MarcoPolis interview with Mr. Chaoui of Chateau Ksara visit Marcopolis.net webpage

Today, it covers only 13% of Lebanon

In ancient times, Lebanon was completely covered by large forests. Today, we are left with just 13.4%.

IXSIR was recognized several times for its green credentials, the IXSIR winery was named by CNN as one of the greenest buildings in the world.

Part of the proceed from this Limited Edition will go to the reforestation of Lebanon.

The Ancient City of Tyre

This symposium explores on the ancient city of Tyre, founded in 2750 B.C. by the Phoenicians, who created an alphabet and the first democracy in the world with a parliament and senate elected directly by the citizens. Tyre is the legendary birthplace of Europa, the daughter of the King of Tyre, the namesake of Europe. The city and the civilization was left in ruins by Alexander the Great who went to war against the Tyreans.

For transcript and more information, visit