» Other Lebanese Wine Producers Heritage
is a micro-winery owned by another Touma, Dargham, or Dr D as his label proclaims. His Grand Vin Bourgeois is recommended. It is elegant, rounded, and fruity, underpinned with spices.

Château Fakra
is a small producer in Mount Lebanon. Its top wine is Selection Privée 2001, a very classy and correct Cabernet Sauvignon.

Clos de Qana
is a new winery, located in Ras al Harf in the Lamartine Valley. The Château de Cana 2001 is an absolute knockout Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah, awash with liquorice, berries, thyme and even a hint of sumac.

Moving to Jdeita in the Bekaa, Vin Nakad is one of Lebanon's oldest producers. A favorite is the Château 2000, a sturdy, medium-bodied wine that has developed a pleasing suppleness with notes of popcorn and jam.

The Karam Winery and Château Belle-Vue
produce less than 50,000 bottles between them, but the results are impressive: Belle-Vue, got a listing in the latest edition of Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia for its second tier Renaissance, a blend of Cabernet and Merlot, brimming with the usual fruity and spicy suspects, while Karam's flagship St John, a Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah blend has a nose that is a tsunami of caramel and fruits and which possesses the structure and tannins to hint at delicious promise.

Finally there is Nabise Mont Liban. The Château 2002 which is made from Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc, Merlot and Syrah is a favorite. It has aroma's of framboise, musk and hints of vanilla, while it is silky and long in the mouth.