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Lebanon Profiles 

The wines of Château Ksara, Lebanon

February 11, 2026February 11, 2026 jamiegoode 11381 Views

Website: https://chateauksara.com/ Lebanon is making some pretty interesting wines at the moment. As well as old favourite Musar, there’s the

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Mersel, exciting low intervention wines from special terroirs in Lebanon

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 jamiegoode 1701 Views

Website: https://www.merselwine.com/ Eddie Chami’s family comes from Lebanon, but moved to Australia in the 1960s. That’s where he grew up.

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Highlights Lebanon 

Highlights: Chateau Musar Hochar Père et Fils 2019 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

November 16, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1338 Views

Chateau Musar Hochar Père et Fils 2019 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon13.5% alcohol. This is a blend of Cinsault, Grenache and Cabernet

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Highlights Lebanon 

Highlights: Château Musar 2004 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

November 6, 2024April 25, 2025 jamiegoode 1891 Views

Website: https://chateaumusar.com/ Musar is the most famous name in Lebanese wine. I remember buying this distinctive wine when I first

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Highlights Lebanon 

Highlights: Mersel Elevate Marini 2021 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon

September 10, 2024March 29, 2025 jamiegoode 2062 Views

Time for something very different, and quite wonderful. Mersel Elevate Marini 2021 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon12.5% alcohol. This is from the

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The wines of Domaine des Tourelles, Lebanon

May 21, 2023May 22, 2023 jamiegoode 12377 Views

Faouzi Issa presented this range tasting of Domaine des Tourelles in London. He’s young (1984 vintage) but already has many

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Lebanon Profiles 

Marsyas and Bargylus: wines from Lebanon and Syria

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 jamiegoode 12311 Views Syria

Sandro and Karim Saadé, brothers, have two vineyards. One is in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon (Marsyas), and the second

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Ixsir: the new star on the Lebanese wine scene

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 jamiegoode 13252 Views

Lebanon is a country with a long history of wine production, but – as with many countries in the middle

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Tasting the impressive wines of Viviana Morales of Sauzal Winery in Maule, Chile
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Tasting the impressive wines of Viviana Morales of Sauzal Winery in Maule, Chile

February 23, 2026 jamiegoode

Viviana Morales is the talented winegrower behind the wines of Sauzal Winery, with its brand Viñedo Los 5. As with

Yabby Lake is a star of the Mornington Peninsula, making some of Australia’s best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
Australia Features Latest Profiles 

Yabby Lake is a star of the Mornington Peninsula, making some of Australia’s best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

February 22, 2026February 22, 2026 jamiegoode
On alcohol in wine, and attempts to remove it: a report on the state of play with no-alcohol wine
Features Latest TOP STORIES Wine Science 

On alcohol in wine, and attempts to remove it: a report on the state of play with no-alcohol wine

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 jamiegoode
Paros Farming Community, an interesting concept from this island in the Cyclades
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Paros Farming Community, an interesting concept from this island in the Cyclades

February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 jamiegoode

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Wine anorak is one of the leading wine websites. This is the latest version of the site that began life in 1999, and was founded by Jamie Goode, who at the time was working as a science editor.

Since then it has grown, and Jamie is now a full-time wine writer, lecturer, wine judge and book author.

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Disclosure: unless otherwise clearly marked, the articles on this site are free of conflicts of interest. Any sponsored content will be clearly marked, and potential conflicts of interest will also be disclosed. As is normal in the wine industry, many of the wines tasted here are free samples and some travel is sponsored by others (for example, regional bodies or groups of producers), but in these cases no guarantees of coverage are given.

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