Phoenician, not French.

Assessing today's Lebanese wine narrative once again

Illustration by the wonderful Cynthia Bifani

Back in April 2021, I wrote this for Eater.¹ In the 3 years since, there’s been a teeny tiny shift in how Lebanese wine is covered in mainstream press. I’m not saying that any of that progression is because of my one article. In the end, the core structure of the narrative I addressed in 2021 is still intact bu…