Lebanon: wineries and vines from CWW November 2005 trip

Vineyards@Château Kefraya, Bekaa Valley (above and below)
A blaze of autumn colour

More photos from the CWW trip to the Lebanon in November 2005.

 

Vines in the Bekaa Valley

Domaine des Tourelles 
Now owned by Nayla Kanaan Issa-el-Khoury and Elie F. Issa


Frenchman François-Eugène Brun founder of Tourelles in 1868



Nayla Kanaan Issa-el-Khoury (?)


   

 

Old Air France poster@Domaine des Tourelles

 

Cellar@Ksara(?)

The owner of Château Nakad

Barrel@Château Nakad

#Umbria for winelovers13: Cantina Roccafiore

 

2010 fiorfiore, 100% Grechetto di Todi, Cantina Roccafiore

At #Umbria for winelovers13 I concentrated on the white wines and was impressed by their balance with ripe fruit balanced with acidity. Two grapes stood out: the Grechetto, the traditional and typical grape of Umbria, and the Trebbiano Spoletino, a traditional variety that has been enjoying a renaissance in the Montefalco area – of which more later.

One of the wines that particularly impressed me was the 2010 fiorfiore from Cantina Roccafiore with its very nicely balanced weight of quite rich fruit and length. I'm not surprised that it was a winner at the #winelovers food and wine matching competition where it was judged to be the best white to match the frittatina morbida al tartufo della Valnerina.