Wednesday - German Wine
Lebanese Wines Rise in Sales Due to Conflict in the Area
The Israel - Lebanon conflict had an impact on the production and the export of wine from Lebanon. The interest for the wines produced by Lebanon increased.
Merchants that sell wine from Lebanon advise about a growing demand for the wines in the area. James Nicholson who has been selling wine from the Beqaa Valley for 20 years said that sales have gone up with about 50 per cent in the last month.
Beqaa Valley is a fertile valley in Lebanon and Syria, located about 19 miles east of Beirut. The valley is situated between the Mount Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains to the east and has a Mediterranean climate of wet, mild winters and dry, warm summers. The region receives limited rainfall, particularly in the north, because the Lebanon Mountains create a rain shadow that blocks precipitation coming from the sea. 70 percent of the country's wine producers, representing wineries such as Kefraya, Domaine Wardy, Clos St Thomas, Chateau Nakad and Almaza Beer have their wineries in this area.
During the conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah the Beqaa Valley was the scene of heavy bombing. One of the wine suppliers from the area (Sammy Gosan) who runs the Messiah vineyard in the valley advises that "The harvest is gearing up and we just basically lost a month or more than a month when we usually ship our wines. We had to pray we don't get hit by mistake, but we stayed here and we looked after the wines and the winery, but we could not work, we could not take the chance of working."
Despite the problem of meeting the delivery dates for the products onto the market in such hard violent conditions, the producers have faced a certain amount of sympathetic purchase, because of the difficulties they find themselves in.
About the Author
Visit Vintage Roots at http://www.vintageroots.co.uk, for organic wines
A synopsis on German Wine.
Lebanese Wines Rise in Sales Due to Conflict in the Area
The Israel - Lebanon conflict had an impact on the production and the export of wine from Lebanon. The interest for the wines produced by Lebanon incr...
Click Here to Read More About Wine ...
Featured German Wine Items
Wine Club 3 Bottles for 3 Months Mixed Dry & Fruity/Sweet
Our elite Wine Club is a monthly wine adventure of International Wines from the four corners of the world. We search out delicious, great wines from the smaller, family owned wineries. Each selection comes with information about each wine that wine drinkers would like to know. Selections from Dry, Mixed, or Fruity. WG303M
Price: 164.95 USD
News about German Wine
Question For Comrade PhysioProf’s Readers
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:01:42 -0800
December 6, 2008 Why is an opened bottle of amontillado sherry that has been sitting on my counter for months with an EtOH concentration of 18.5% still perfectly good, while a bottle of Ridge zinfandel that is 15.9% EtOH spoils within a few days of opening? Is it that small difference in EtOH that makes the difference, or something else? And why does an opened bottle of fruit juice last for weeks in the refrigerator, but not wine? Posted by Comrade PhysioProfFiled in Uncategorized
Bmac Celebrates Birthday, Meaningless Existence
Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:04:48 -0800
Here we are again; back-to-back birthday posts. Yes, I know that’s gay. Take it up with BiW and bmac who were born 3 days apart. Being born 3 days apart is gay. Today we mourn curse celebrate the birth of my friend, fellow Hostage and noted jackleg, bmac. Since our new pledge, Jizz, made the grievous error of showing up again here today, let’s fill him in on the highlights of bmac’s long list of failures and disappointments biography. * bmac currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada (motto: Wh
Vegetarian French Cuisine: Cream Mushrooms
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:39:03 -0800
Please check the new postings at:sake, shochu and sushi —————————————-日本語のブログ —————————————- We are still in mushrooms season, wild ones or cultivated species, fresh, dehydrated or frozen. Mushrooms are low in calories, but high in quality, whether it concerns taste or nutrients. Some people have told that mushrooms cannot be frozen. This is a fallacy. Full stop. I personally receive frozen chanterelles, trompettes and what else from the internet and I can assure they are delicious. Here is the
featured blogger friday v11
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:43:49 -0800
so i took a couple of weeks off from doing a featured blogger friday post. well it's back kids and this week we have a very special guest. a blog celebrity! a 2008 blogger choice award winner! THE hottest mommy blogger! do i really need to go on here? you know who she is. and if you don't, you better recognize people. who are you and what is your blog? I am Crissy, Queen of Fucking Everything (can we say fuck here?), and my blog is www.crissyspage.com where are you typing from? Work
French Cassoulet - Baked White Beans
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:38:00 -0800
The Chef is a Francophile. He likes movies by Jean-Luc Godard, ye-ye pop music by Serge Gainsbourg, pommes frites (yes, French fries), and cassoulet: a slow-cooked hearty bean dish. One of the Chef's early L.A. jobs in the Biz was as a videotape editor. Lunch was in a neighborhood restaurant run by a charming French couple. The Chef's favorite dish there was a comforting plate of cassoulet. It reminded the Chef of a rustic homecooked all-in-one dish; a bean casserole version of Mom's Cajun rice
Siomai or Steamed Dumplings
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:30:32 -0800
I find it expensive to buy siomai. Don’t you? So why not make your very own siomai and freeze it? The price of Siomai alone forced me to concot my very own Siomai recipe taken from various sources. My kids love to dip their dumplings in soy sauce and calamansi mixed with chili garlic sauce. If you are a pesco-vegetarian like me, just replace the pork with chicken meat or crab meat. I usually cook it separately because the rest of the family love their siomai to contain pork. I will add the phot
Iron Wine
Make Wine | Marvel Wine
Labels: Wine Review
