Old-vine wines – part 1 Lebanon

It's tempting to start with the story of Faouzi Issa, the life force behind Dom des Tourelles. He's wired, electric, articulate, unflinchingly confident, and is, without doubt, the most pioneering winemaker in Lebanon since Serge Hochar. He has that mesmeric combination of scientist, engineer and romantic – spiritual-leaning philosophy dominating much of our Zoom conversation on his old-vine wines. But I'm going to resist the temptation to...