If the Thievery Corporation song could be a bottle of wine, it would be this. This blend of Viognier and Merwah is a 50/50 split of organically-farmed grapes from the Bekaa and Qannoubine Valleys in Lebanon. The wine underwent secondary fermentation at 20 days and completed fermentation in bottle.
Mersel Wines is the brainchild of Eddie Chami, an Australian born Lebanese winemaker who believes in highlighting the indigenous varieties from the region.
Lebanon has a rich winemaking history that dates back to 1550 BCE, when the Phonecians established trade routes that connected Lebanon’s coastline with the rest of the western world.
Merwah is one of the indigenous Lebanese grapes, and the vines are about 150 years old.