The marriage of tradition and contemporary knowledge with minimal intervention
OUR STORY
I am a medical doctor, passionate about good authentic food and wine, trained in NYC as an infectious-disease specialist. I returned to Lebanon in 2007.
In 2011, hiking one day on Mount Kneiseh, I was happily surprised by pre-phylloxera wild “Obeidi” grapes surviving years of neglect in decaying terraces. Until the mid-1950’s, that village called Remtanieh had been thriving, planted with grapes on the Damascus road, with east sun exposure and superficial water fed by the melting snow, at a height of 2100m. The site, having survived modernization (i.e., pesticides and tractors), had been abandoned because economically it was not viable…
OUR LAND
We are located very far south at latitude 33, but Mount Lebanon has compensating altitudes, which makes our mountain a conglomerate of microclimates. A simple example of this diversity…
OUR WINES
Authentic wine making: the marriage of tradition and contemporary knowledge with minimal intervention at the winery.
The result: A great expression of mature fruit and silky tannins…
WINE TASING ROOM
Our wine bar and wine tasting room. Come enjoy the real V33 experience…