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Sample a wide variety of local Lebanese wines on this day tour from Beirut. Depart from your hotel and make your way to the Bekaa Valley, the home of Lebanese winemaking and where you can taste red, white and rosé wines, and learn about traditional tasting techniques.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Beirut, Lebanon
Trip Category: Private & Custom Tours >> Private Sightseeing Tours
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Sample a wide variety of local Lebanese wines on this day tour from Beirut. Depart from your hotel and make your way to the Bekaa Valley, the home of Lebanese winemaking and where you can taste red, white and rosé wines, and learn about traditional tasting techniques.
Stop At: Chateau Ksara, Ksara, Zahle Lebanon
Château Ksara is a wine company in Beqaa Valley-Lebanon, founded in 1857 by Jesuit priests. It developed the first dry wine in Lebanon. Chateau Ksara is Lebanon’s oldest and largest winery. Its wine is the most popular in Lebanon; it produces approximately 3 million bottles annually. Its wines are exported to over 40 countries.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chateau Kefraya, Kafraiya Lebanon
Chateau Keferaya vineyard spreads over 300 hectares of terraced slopes, 1000 meters above the Mediterranean Sea, in the Bekaa Valley. The vines are mainly trellised with a planting density of 4000 vines per hectare. In addition to the diversity of soil, Château Kefraya uses a wide and exciting range of grape varieties in its blends. Moreover, the significant variations in temperatures between day and night ensure a perfect ripening of the grapes and optimal harvest conditions.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chateau St Thomas, Kab Elias Road 6km. from Chtaura, Zahle Lebanon
Château St Thomas estate is a vineyard spreading over sixty-five hectares and a wine storehouse for fermentation and ageing. Established in 1990 by Saïd Touma and his family on a hill overlooking the Bekaa valley. Château St Thomas is the masterpiece of Saïd Touma, a man of passion with more than 55 years’ experience in distillation & fermentation of grape juice who inherited the legacy of producing Arak (Lebanese national drink), & passed it to his son Joe-Assaad.
Duration: 1 hour
