Château Khoury

The vineyard is a family business born out of Raymond and Brigitte El Khoury’s passion for the vine and wine. The first vines for wine production were planted in 1995 on a land that had been abandoned after the Lebanese civil war. Before the war these vineyard plots had been planted for the manufacture of the famous Arak of Zahle. Old vines and old indigenous grape strains were found in the ground during the early work of trenching and grading. Today the vineyard covers 15 hectares around the Château.

The construction of the winery began in 2002 and was completed in time to host the first vinification in 2004. After studying oenology at the Faculty of Reims, Raymond and Brigitte’s son Jean-Paul returned to the château to add the knowledge he acquired during his travels to the best French vineyards to his parents’ wine-making experience.