Faouzi Issa's latest interview with Grape Magazine Greece
Faouzi shares our story and the incredible challenges of Harvest 2024 amid the war...
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Old-vine wines from around the world
Full Range of Vieilles Vignes wines tasted and highly rated by Julia Harding MW for Jancis Robinson
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Cover page of The Wine Merchant, November 2024. How Domaine des Tourelles and the Lebanese wineries are facing the challenges of the war.
Published: November 2024
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Letter from the frontline: Tourelles' Faouzi Issa on life in Lebanon. In this powerful and insightful letter from the frontline, he describes what daily life is like for Lebanese trying to go about their lives, bringing the harvest in and making wine, while their every move is being watched by hundreds of drones overhead.
By Peter Dean Published: November 12, 2024
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«On vendange vite et on se dépêche de partir» : au Liban, les vignerons exposés à la menace des bombardements
By: Le Figaro Vin with AFP
Published: October 29, 2024
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‘You cannot go and harvest the grape right now. The missiles are everywhere in the region, especially where we harvest for the arak, next to Baalbek,’ Faouzi Issa said.
By Nick Kochan Published: October 9,2024
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Lebanon Winemakers Pray for Peace. As missiles pound their vineyards, Lebanese winemakers are once again caught up in a war not of their making.
By Barnaby Eales Published: October 3, 2024
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Wines of the week: International Review: Domaine des Tourelles, Vieilles Vignes Cinsault 2021 Bekaa Valley
By Julia Harding MW Published: September 20, 2024
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Ageing tastefully: the enduring appeal of old vine wines. Domaine des Tourelles ‘Skin’: Structured, nutty and utterly mesmerising.
By Kate Hawkings Published: September 20, 2024
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The first and only, ten years, aged in clay, Premium Lebanese Arak is now available in the USA
By Anthony Rahayel Published: September 2024
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Domaine des Tourelles has announced that it has fully converted its Beqaa Valley winery to solar power, a move necessitated not just by environmental reasons. Louis Thomas reports.
By Louis Thomas Published: September 4, 2024
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From Lebanon’s indigenous Merweh grape, fermented in clay jars, boasting orchard fruits and subtle tropical undertones, held in check by a lime acid line with textured savoury, slightly nutty pastry depth. A serious gastronomic wine.
By David Kermode, Published: July 26, 2024
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Among the distinguished wineries in this region, Domaines des Tourelles stands out for its exceptional quality and historical significance.
By Vins du Levant Published: July 17, 2024
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Sitting in London tasting Faouzi Issa’s superb wines, it’s hard to believe that he and the rest of Lebanon’s winemakers are operating in a country on the verge of collapse, now threatened by war.
By Andrew Neather Published: July 17, 2024
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Faouzi Issa: Arak Brun, Domaine des Tourelles. Exporting Wines to the World. A Talk in Montreal
By Anthony Rahayel Published: May 13, 2024
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How a previously underrated grape variety is finally having its moment in the sun.
By Henry Jeffreys Published: May 10,2024
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The co-owners of Domaine des Tourelles, Fawzi Issa and Emile Issa al-Khoury, reflected on the genesis, difficulties and success of Lebanon’s “most beautiful vinery.”
By Matthieu Karam Published: April 16, 2024
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Vieilles Vignes Cinsault, a “variety to keep an eye out for” this Spring.
By Will Lyons Published: April 14, 2024
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This Easter, our special U.K. bottle Domaine des Tourelles Cuvée Pierre Brun was selected by The Observer (The Guardian) as one of 3 international “perfect partners for a magnificent Easter Sunday meal”!
By David Williams Published: April 2024
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Featured as Wine of the Week, Domaine des Tourelles’ “Valley of the Sun” is a special blend in box hitting high scores in the Norwegian market along with our star bottle “Vieilles Vignes Cinsault”.
By Aase E. Jacobsen Published: November 21, 2023
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Introduced few months ago to Denmark, GinBey has already attracted the attention of the famous Danish magazine Whisky&. A high review of 92 points done by author Michael Sperling, a lovely tribute to Lebanon’s spirits production along with other European brands!
By: Michael Sperling Published: November 2023
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Domaine des Tourelles Rosé wine scores 90 in MW Elizabeth Gabay's 'The Rosé Wine Report 2023'
By Elizabeth Gabay MW Published: November 14, 2023
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Lebanon's New Wave: "The strong contingent of innovative producers and determined young talent in this mountainous nation of the eastern Mediterranean are placing an increasing focus on the identity and flavours of their historic local grape varieties". "An excellent example of how expressive, even refined, Cinsault can be in Lebanon."
By Rupert Joy Published: November 2023
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“In Lebanon, we are surrounded by botanicals: flowers, fruits, and lots of aromatic herbs” Faouzi Issa shares his exciting GinBey story with Gin Magazine UK.
By Jacopo Mazzeo Published: July 2023
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This Travelling Life: Faouzi Issa, GinBey. "Lebanese winemaker Faouzi Issa is also the mastermind behind GinBey, Lebanon’s first premium gin. He talks to Joe Bates about his love of London and Manhattan, and how to make the most of offline time during long flights."
By GinMagazine Published: May 4, 2022
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Domaine des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes Cinsault 2018 Bekaa Valley, Lebanon: In 2014 Tourelles made this wine for the first time, taking 70 year old Cinsualt bush vines, and fermenting and ageing the wine in concrete tanks with wild yeasts. It’s a really beautiful expression of Cinsault, with lovely aromatics of spice, wild strawberries, cherries and dried herbs. 94/100
By Jamie Goode Published: May 2023
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The wines of Domaine des Tourelles can be seen as ‘off piste’ because of their limited use of oak and use of unusual varieties, but that’s one of their greatest strengths, argues Justin Keay who tastes through the range of this exciting Lebanese producer, alongside owner/ winemaker Faouzi Issa.
By Justin Keay Published: May 2023
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Old vines: Why you should care... "Too often Lebanese wine flies under the radar but these 70 year old, organically farmed, old Carignan vines create a structured, sophisticated and slightly austere wine of cranberries, figs and liquorice. Deliciously grown up."
By Libby Brodie Published: October 2022
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Ten gins for Father’s Day: "A rather excellent gin here all the way from Lebanon, created by Faouzi Issa from the Domaine des Tourelles winery."
By Henry Jeffreys Published: June 2022
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After the Gin Bloom: Cutting through the noise in a crowded gin category, Henry Jeffreys identifies some of the most exciting products coming to market
By Henry Jeffreys Published: April 2022
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Faouzi Issa on GinBey – Lebanon’s first premium exported gin
By Richard Siddle
Published: December 14, 2021
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Domaine des Tourelles kickstarts Lebanon's gin sector
By James Lawrence
Published: 18 November, 2021
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The best red wine to buy this Christmas
By Stacey Smith and Alex Hale
Published: 3 November 2021
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Cin City – London’s first comprehensive Cinsault tasting
Matt Walls
Published: September 28, 2021
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Life Lessons with Faouzi Issa of Lebanon’s Domaine des Tourelles
By Adam Lechmere
Published: 23 September 2021
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FAOUZI ISSA Domaine des Tourelles, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
'Faouzi’s pioneering varietal Cinsault has been heralded as expressing a uniquely Lebanese character.'
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Putting old vines on the agenda with 1st international conference
By Richard Siddle
March 22, 2021
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Buy a bottle of wine from South Africa or Lebanon to help the hardest hit producers
By David Williams
Published 20 Sep 2020
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Domaine des Tourelles, Vieilles Vignes Carignan 2018
By Tom Cannavan
Published: 20 July 2020
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Old vine Carignan and Cinsault from Domaine des Tourelles, Lebanon
By Jamie Goode
Published: June 23, 2020
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How to make Lebanese wine during a plague & a revolution
By Peter Dean
Published: May 7, 2020
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2018 Domaine des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes Carignan, Bekaa Valley
By Tim Atkin
Published: 29 April 2020
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WINE OF THE WEEK: Domaine des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes Carignan 2018, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
By Joanna Simon
Published: 30 April 2020
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Drink: Seven top drops to snap up and slurp now
By Sam Wylie-Harris
Published: 23 February 2020
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Faouzi Issa of Domaine des Tourelles: Making the Adopted Grape Cinsault Shine in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
By Joyce Lin
Published: 16 November 2018
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Domaine des Tourelles' Vieilles Vignes Cinsault selected among the 101 Wines to Try Before You Die
By Margaret Rand Published: 2018
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