Private Tour

Private Wine Tour | Chateau Musar, Ixsir & Batroun from Beirut

Overview

Available languages

Arabic

English

8 hours

Mobile ticket

Chateau Musar is not simply one of Lebanon's great wineries — it is one of the most celebrated and most written-about wine estates in the world. Its wines have been described by critics as among the most distinctive and complex produced anywhere, and the story of how founder Serge Hochar continued making wine throughout the Lebanese Civil War — at one point being held at gunpoint at a checkpoint while transporting his harvest — is the stuff of wine legend. A private visit to Musar is a pilgrimage for any serious wine lover.

From Musar the tour continues north along the Lebanese coast to Ixsir — one of Lebanon's most architecturally stunning wineries, built into a 400-year-old terraced hillside above the Mediterranean near Batroun, with panoramic sea views that rival anything in Tuscany or Provence. Guided cellar tours and tastings at both estates are followed by lunch in Batroun, whose ancient sea wall and vibrant old town make it the perfect stop before the drive back to Beirut.

Additional Info

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What To Expect

Beirut

9:00 AM — Departure from Beirut Your private English-speaking driver collects you from your Beirut hotel and heads north along the Mediterranean coastal highway — one of the most scenic drives in Lebanon, with the sea on one side and the Lebanese mountains rising steeply on the other — toward Chateau Musar in Ghazir.

Admission Not Applicable

Begin at one of the most legendary wine estates in the world. Chateau Musar was founded in 1930 by Gaston Hochar and brought to international fame by his son Serge, who introduced Musar to the world at the Bristol Wine Fair in 1979 to instant critical acclaim. The estate's flagship red — a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault, and Carignan aged for seven years before release — is produced in tiny quantities and considered by many critics to be one of the most complex and age-worthy red wines made anywhere on earth. The guided cellar tour takes you through the historic cellars beneath the 17th-century castle where the wine is aged, and the tasting that follows is an education in what makes Musar so utterly unlike any other wine in the world.

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Not Included