Syrian wine produced in spite of war
Syrian wine produced in spite of war
Nov 11, 2012 6
(Star-Telegram) - Winemakers Karim and Sandro Saade are bottling to preserve a piece of Syria.
From their base 150 miles across the border in Beirut, the brothers are defying the violent conflict that's left more than 35,000 people dead, continuing to produce their Domaine de Bargylus from a Syrian mountain vineyard where the Romans made wine more than 2,000 years ago.
The Saades follow the winemaking process by phone and have sourced a two-year supply of bottles and labels from France to ensure that the wines don't rot in their oak barrels. Meanwhile, their roughly 60 workers at the winery in Jebel al-Ansariye, the modern name for Mount Bargylus, send grapes in refrigerated containers by taxi four hours to Beirut, where they're tasted and analyzed before the order goes out to harvest them.
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