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Couvent Rouge : A Promising Wine and One of Lebanon’s Best

Couvent Rouge was established in 2010, as a complement to the “Coteaux d’Heliopolis” cooperative project. Founded in 1999, the cooperative’s ...
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Welcome to Lebanon’s New Cash Crop

“Grapes will not replace cannabis in Lebanon anytime soon, if ever,” says Anthony Elghossain.  But that doesn’t mean Lebanese farmers ...
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Wineries to Watch 2021

Founded in 1999, Coteaux d’Heliopolos is a fair trade–certified cooperative that encourages farmers in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley to switch from ...
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Grapes of Change

Deir El Ahmar, a Christian village in the northern Bekaa valley’s Hermel-Baalbek region, is more notorious for its marijuana plantations ...
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FROM CANNABIS TO CABERNET

In Lebanon, farmers who once grew marijuana and poppy are trying their hand at Syrah and Tempranillo. We climb Mount ...
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Au Liban, Quand La Vigne Supplante Le Cannabis

Assis dans sa vigne de la Bekaa libanaise, entre des plants de sauvignon blanc et de tempranillo, Michel Emad, militaire ...
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Turning Weed Into Wine

Sitting among the vines of Sauvignon Blanc and Tempranillo growing on his spectacular farm in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Michel Emad ...
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Sunday Minute Monocle

Couvent Rouge’s concept is as unusual as its business model (writes Leila Molana-Allen). Founded in 2010 as part of a ...
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