Surprisingly to many, wine making in Lebanon is nothing new. The cultivation of the vine goes back to the Phoenicians who traded their wines along the Mediterranean  trade routes, introducing viniculture into many parts of southern Europe.

Some centuries later, the Romans chose Baalbek in the east of Lebanon as the site to build the Temple of Bacchus as their tribute to the god of wine, a Temple which still stands today

Kfardebian, land of springs, is a village located in the very heart of Mount Lebanon, varying in altitude from 1000 to 2826 m. Green mountainsides, enormous rocky blocks, woodlands of oak, walnut, and pine, orchards of apple and mulberry trees, vineyards and streams with fresh and limpid water… altogether constitute the most picturesque area and one of the main agricultural villages in Lebanon.

In the heart of the divine valleys, the Milk source (Nabeh el-Laban) receives the blessing of the natural bridge - a wonder of the world located between the international ski resorts of Fakra and Ouyoune el-Simane - to join the Honey source (Nabeh el-Assal) and sing in duet an eternal and millenary love song.

Then, following a winding road, we reach the millenary "Temples of Fakra" where since thousands of years, from the Phoenician times, to the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, and up till modern times , the gods of love and wine were venerated.

When change has come to the Levant it has been drastic, and has usually come from outside.  Serge Hochar, whose name is practically synonymous with that of Lebanese wine, trained in France; his father had established Chateau Musar in Lebanon in the 1930's.  It has not only to contend with climate but with war.  With vineyards 1000m (3300ft) up in the Bekaa Valley and a winery on the other side of the front line, shelling and mortars have been a much greater threat to the vintage than to the rot and mildew.  The result defiantly holds its head high among the world's quality red wines.