The Bekaa Valley (Beqaa Valley) is the main winegrowing region in Lebanon. It's the prime growing region, in which all the… major players in Lebanon have their vines.
The vines are grown at a high altitude of around 900-1,100m, and they can benefit from a unique micro-climate of dry summers, cool nights, and abundant rainfall. While the region gets as much sun as anywhere in Europe, the cool nights, which allow the fruit to retain acidity, push the harvest back to mid September, which is much la