Wine news from both sides of the Middle East conflict

The news from the Middle East could hardly be worse and it seems almost too trite to consider the ramifications of the current conflict, but if we don’t do it, who will?
 
San Francisco-based Bartholomew Broadbent who imports the famous Lebanese wine Chateau Musar send the following statement released from Beirut by its owner Serge Hochar on 03 aug:
"This is the path our history has taken for 7,000 years.  However, prophecies also say that Lebanon will overcome all adverse situations.  What is happening now is very sad, but we have no choice other than to face adversity.

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