Lebanese wine day celebrated in Expo Milano 2015

The Lebanese pavillion, celebrated on September 24, during Milano Expo, the Lebanese wine day. On that occasion, the President of the Union Vinicole Du Liban, Chateau Ksara, CEO, Zafer Shawi indicated that the wine industry in Lebanon has witnessed a remarkable growth in the past 20 years. “The number of wine produces has increased from 8 since the end of the Civil War to 40 at present,” Shawi said, pointing that local wine has become an ambassador for Lebanon in over 30 foreign countries. “In the past five years, the Lebanese wine succeeded in making headways in Britain, France and the US,” Shawi noted. (Al Diyar September,27, 2015)