Name: Chateau Fakra Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon
Year: 2022
Country: Lebanon
Region: Kfardebian, Keserwan-Jbeil
Date Consumed: December 31, 2025

A friendly, award-winning, single-varietal wine by Chateau Fakra. Here we have a cabernet sauvignon from 2022 for everyone to enjoy. I uncorked this one on New Year’s Eve. It was the third bottle of the night. It came with notes of black fruit, plum, and liquorice, and it delivered precisely what is expected from a young cabernet sauvignon. Nothing to complain about here. A good wine made for good times.

Name: Chateau Kefraya Amphora 2021
Type: Red Wine
Grapes: Cinsault, Grenache, Syrah, Tempranillo
Year: 2021
Country: Lebanon
Region: Bekaa Valley
Date Consumed: December 31, 2025

A medium-to-full-bodied Lebanese red wine made in clay jars, following Phoenician traditions (from 4,000 years ago). It reminds me a little of the different blends of Armenian amphora wines that I’ve tried. I love the playfully strong tannins and the harmony of (dark) notes it offers. A well-balanced blend with great structure. I’d drink this wine again and again, and I’d happily get drunk on it.