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B for Bacchus Online
04.16.2020
Walid & Ayla on Couvent Rouge's deck, March 2020
Hi fam,

This is the first of the official e-newsletters from B for Bacchus. Welcome aboard. I want to tell you how frequent I'll be sending this out but I've yet to figure out what's best in this new realm where time doesn't seem to make sense. However, I can promise you that it'll never exceed once a week unless I discover a shipwreck with wine cargo and suddenly need backup.
A girl can dream.

These e-newsletters feel like an old device, the snail mail of digital. But with the clutter of the online sphere including my own self-created clutter, this also feels necessary so those who are interested can go somewhere and get all the latest in Bacchus in bulk, at their own pace.

If I'm being honest, I don't think the world will miraculously change its ways after this; the skeptical side that you develop as a side effect of Beirut life whispers louder in lockdown. What I do know is that we have been given a lot of time by ourselves to face what we're always running from. We are forced to assess what and who matters to us and what part or contribution of us matters to others. It's forced growth which can be overwhelming and uncomfortable. But when so much around us is crumbling, it is also necessary.

On an individual level, when this cherry on top of our shit sundae is taken away and we have to get through the melting scoops underneath, I hope we will make more of an effort to breathe when we need to and ask for a hug when we can.

Love & olives,
Farrah

B for Bacchus Founder & Wine Guide
- - - - ON THE CALENDAR - - - -
STARTED FROM THE BOTTLE VOL.1
APRIL 17 - 8PM

We'll be discussing the label designs and brand uplift of
Domaine Wardy's new identity with Rima Wardy of Domaine Wardy and Tarek Atrissi of Tarek Atrissi Design

"Started from the Bottle" is a series of online panels on
wine-adjacent topics from design to hospitality to journalism.
 
Register
BEYYE A2WA MIN BAKHOS
APRIL 21 - 8PM
Farrah will be a guest on “Hammam Radio," a feminist participatory project launched from Berlin.
She'll discuss the wine stories that wrap around her life during the COVID quarantine.
STARTED FROM THE BOTTLE
VOL.2
APRIL 24 - 8PM


Discussing the hospitality sector with:
Bethany Kehdy, Taste Lebanon
Maysoon Sleiman, Sage Parlor
Nabila Rahhal, Executive Magazine

Register here.
- - - - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - - - -
BASICS FOR BACCHUS EP.1
A new series of short videos on wine basics is out on IGTV with the first episode on skin-contact wines, featuring Sept Winery's Obeidehs.
VIRTUAL TABLE #2
The second virtual History of Lebanese Wine class included 16 people from over 10 cities across the world. Third one coming soon!
When you've got an hour to kill, check out an InstaLive interview on IGTV.
So far, we've got conversations with Eddie Chami (Couvent Rouge), Maher Harb (Sept Winery), Joe-Assaad Touma (Chateau St Thomas), and Lettie Fardon (MW candidate). The recording with Hady & Jennifer Kahale (Atibaia Winery) couldn't be saved but the main takeaway is this: They're launching a Cinsault/Syrah rosé this summer! When asked what style rosé it would be (a Provence? A Loire?), Hady responded with,
"It's going to be a Batroun rosé."


Other new releases in Lebanon
Domaine des Tourelles Vieilles Vignes 100% Carignan
Chateau Ksara 100% Carignan
Sept Winery Skin-Contact 100% Obeideh
Chateau Kefraya Les Exceptions Cuvée Expérimentale
(includes Lebanese red grapes, Asmi Noir + Assouad Karesh)
BOOK: Chateau Musar, The Story of a Wine Icon
ON THE POD
16. LEBANON - For people to try your product,
you have to give them a reason


I speak to Joe Saade of Terre Joie, the home of vineyards that sit on the vertex of 3 tectonic plates in the Bekaa Valley. From Saddam Hussein to Amal Clooney, this episode is jam-packed with info on what makes the wines of Lebanon so special and what needs to be done so people all around the world know that.
BEATS  FOR BACCHUS VOL. 1 & 2
The latest playlists on Spotify for easy listening while you stare at your ceiling and drown out the sound of that mosquito
Volume 1 - Volume 2
- - - - GOT WINE? - - - -


BUNDLE FOR BACCHUS
NOW ON WESLEYSONLINE.COM

A bundle including 4 Lebanese wines (2 red + 2 white) from regions across the country, hand-picked by yours truly for 95,000LL



UPCYCLING CORKS
Do you have corks piling up during lockdown? Hold on to them! We'll take them off your hands and upcycle them.
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