Monthly Archives: February 2014

Heroic viticulture – the 2013 harvest in Syria


You must have a serious attachment to making wine to continue under these circumstances: http://www.decanter.com/people-and-places/interviews/584798/gunfire-and-grapes-in-taxis-how-civil-war-threatened-syria-s-only-harvest?utm_source=Cheetahmail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=news+alert+link+100214&utm_campaign=Newsletter-100214 We have heard before of grapes being picked under similar circumstances by the Hochars of Château Musar in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley. Incredible dedication, bordering on … Continue reading

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