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Originally Posted by taxwonk
The Lebanese wine industry has been around for millennia. It reached its high point in the 50s and 60s, when Beirut was known as the Paris of the Middle East.
While it has suffered greatly from the years of civil war and social upheaval, they still manage to turn out some excellent wines.
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I would not tell you about chicago pizza or chicago pizza wine- DO NOT make the mistake of arguing with a Detroit gourmand about middle eastern anything. that you can choke back a lebanese wine (and I could certainly help you improve your choice there) does not mean that you are drinking a wine that is anywhere near the value and taste of several non-lebanese wines on the menu. you are paying for pretense, and the owner is in the back drinking french wine and laughing at you.
