Today we’d like to highlight a couple of posts that caught our eye in particular over the last few days. Fans of Lebanese wines tend to be quite evangelical about the lovely reds, which are generally quite big and from The Bekaa Valley. The country has however developed its offering a lot in recent years, though we didn’t realise quite how much until we saw Quentin Sadler’s post on the Catavino blog last week. Quentin has his own blog as well as writing guest posts like this fascinating piece on the broad range of wines being made and grapes grown in The Lebanon. As an educator he also provides great historical insights into the development of wine growing, how it and grape varieties have crossed borders since antiquity and so on. “Lebanon, The Phoenicians and Iberian Grapes” takes you on a wonderful tour, in every sense!
Our new Blog of the Month is from the excellent gang at Vinspire. One of their latest posts is also a great bit of history – about the English influence on the development of the Port trade and the making of the wines, which continues today. Vintage stuff for you to enjoy on MyWineDaily!
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