Eddie Chami, the hottest winemaker, came on to talk about holding his breath, getting kidnapped in Syria, making wine in Lebanon and getting respect for indigenous varietals in the fertile crescent. Absolutely incredible knowledge drop, holy shit, and its hard to overstate how dope the wines we tasted are.  This is your wake up call to taste a lot more Eastern Mediterranean wines, like basically ASAP.  Specifically, probably snag some Mersel Wine.////LIST////
Mersel Wines, UNLABELED MERWAH PETNAT 2022//
Philokalia, Bethlehem, 'Grapes of Wrath,' 2020//
Cremisan, West Bank, 'Baladi / Star of Bethlehem,' 2020//
Vertical 33, Bekaa Valley, 'Cinsault du Soir,' 2017//
Back Home Beer, Persian Blue Lager////
Off Mic: Muaddi Arak // Wildarc Arak ////

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