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MY LAST MEAL
(4/2/2010)
For his "last meal", food wouldn't be the prime consideration for the head of the world-famous Chateau Musar vineyard, Serge Hochar. he would choose a special vintage white from his winery in Lebanon and enjoy it with some cheese and olives.
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Chateau Musar- Unique from Vine to Glass
(8/12/2008)
... This is partly due to the charismatic and irrepressible force that is Serge Hochar, son of founder Gaston Hochar, and the unique characteristics of the Musar wines.
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Natural Wines
(1/9/2008)
Winemakers go beyond organic and biodynamic winemaking to a new frontier of viticultural purity. But asking if natural wines actually taste better might land you in a mess of controversy.
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Tasting Chateau Musar - May 25, 2008
(12/6/2008)
A cool spring Sunday evening in Toronto turned into a really cool Sunday evening in Toronto when I got the opportunity to meet and break bread with a real “philosopher of the wine business”, none other than Decanter Magazine’s first ever Man of the Year (1984), Serge Hochar of the Lebanese winery Chateau Musar.
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A Wine Lover's Diary, part 191 (June 2, 2008)
(2/6/2008)
Monday, May 26: Last night's dinner was with Serge Hochar, proprietor of Lebanon's greatest winery, Chateau Musar, at Le Select Bistro
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Why This Bottle, Really?
(1/4/2008)
There's nothing quite like Musar, the famed Lebanese wine with a devoted following. Made in as unmanipulated fashion as possible, this red wine is not for everyone.
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Vinites Seminar proeverij
(7/3/2008)
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It's Beirut Time at The Quincaillerie
(11/10/2007)
From now until October 16, La Quincaillerie is paying tribute to Lebanon. There is a special menu of suggestions and one wine, Chateau Musar.
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The Times article
(4/10/2007)
In the capital of Lebanon, the heirs of the ancient Phoenicians are planning to put their troubled recent past behind them...
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Nos Pròximos dias, rosé
(27/9/2007)
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Chateau Musar, um delìrio
(23/8/2007)
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Spectator Wine Club
(17/2/2007)
I'm pleased to say it has become an annual tradition: our February offer of the new vintage of Chateau Musar with Lay and Wheeler.
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The Wines Of Lebanon
(1/6/2006)
Some wines stand out in the memory, making an impact quite unlike any other. In my list of these comes 1964 Chateau Musar.
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Grapes Of Wrath
(1/10/2005)
Producing wine in a war zone is remarkable enough but global prizewinners? Liz Gill talks to a Lebanese and an Israeli winemaker with a shared passion.
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Red Red Wine
(31/7/2005)
The leading producer in Lebanon, Chateau Musar, is by far the most known internationally. Thirty years ago, Musar was one of those well kept secrets that connoisseurs knew of and its marketability came down to word of mouth.
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A Wine Worth Fighting for
(1/9/2004)
When the land of his ancestors descended into civil war,Serge Hochar could have joined the Slaughter.Instead, as the bombs were dropping,he chose - defiantly, exuberantly -to make wine for the ages. Elizabeth Gilbert travels to Lebanon and tastes perhaps the best wine ever made.
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The Magic Of Musar
(1/1/2004)
Chateau Musar's award-winning and distinctive wines made it through 20 years of Lebanon's civil war, and are now better than ever. Andrew Jefford talks to owner Sege Hochar about the philosophy behind a great wine.
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Parables And Philosophy
(1/5/2003)
Zillah Bugeja meets Lebanese winemaker Serge Hochar, of Chateau Musar. According to the critics, he is producing a red wine which ranks among the best and most interesting in the world.
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Spectator Wine Club
(25/1/2003)
A year ago Lay & Wheeler furnished us with the biggest-selling wine the club has ever offered under this aegis.
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Cult Wine
(1/1/2003)
In the neatly ordered wine hierarchy, carefully divided into Old and New World, where most wine makers follow the accepted "rules" of engagement with the grape, Chateau Musar exists in a category of its own.
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The Quest For Autumnal repose
(1/10/2002)
Drinking should not be a passive, unchanging activity. It is only by challenging and refining the activity that it can be kept brimfull of meaning, and thus bring profound satisfaction.
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International Festival Of Food & Wine
(1/10/2002)
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Lost In Spice?
(15/9/2002)
Lebanese food will overwhelm a delicate wine, says Kitty Johnson, so it needs partners that pack a punch.
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The Soul Of Musar
(1/9/2002)
Chateau Musar from the Lebanon has long been regarded as one of the most individual, even idiosyncratic, wines in the world. Raymond Blake meets Serge Hochar, the man behind Musar.
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The Man Of Musar
(1/8/2002)
Wine is intertwined with the history of Lebanon, with roots going back to the Phoenicians, who traded Lebanese wines long before the birth of Christ
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Rogue Reds
(24/4/2002)
Wine columns like wine grapes are typically structured in clusters, addressing either a group of wines from a particular region or a bunch of bottles made from one grape in different places.
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Chateau Musar Dinner, "The Wine Event Of The Year"
(1/3/2002)
Chateau Musar is a legend in the world of wine. It was founded over 70 years ago in the rugged Bekka Valley of Lebanon.
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Lebanon's Chateau Musar
(1/1/2002)
The Middle East is hardly a place one would expect to find great wine, the red wines of Chateau Musar in Lebanon clearly rank with the world's best.
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A Winemaking Paradise in Lebanon
(3/11/2001)
Hochar's best wine, a Bordeaux inspired red, is considered one of the most distinctive in the world.
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Wine Maker Profile
(1/11/2001)
Gaining character and complexity as time passes is as appreciated in wine as in people.The wines made by Serge Hochar at Chateau Musar have become renown, in part, for this quality.
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Wine Knight Of Musar
(1/11/2001)
I enjoy one glass of my old wine and i relax with it, when i feel myself stressed; tells wine maker Serge Hochar.
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Red Wines of The Year
(1/10/2001)
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Chateau Musar Revisited
(18/8/2001)
Meeting Serge Hochar again after so many years was a very welcoming site.
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Tête-a-tête With a Lebanese Yves Montand
(5/7/2001)
"Like meeting Yves Montand in an oriental spice market!" This is how a colleague described his perception of Chateau Musar, the wine from the hills of Lebanon.
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Good Living
(9/5/2001)
Chateau Musar, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon 1995.
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Maiineensa Veroinen Libanonilainen Musar
(1/3/2001)
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Lebanese Musar Worth its Reputation
(1/3/2001)
Musar is worth its reputation either it is matter of red or white noticed Optio wine club when tasting the white wine of the legendary Lebanese wine house Chateau Musar.
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Juustoviini Yllattaa
(1/1/2001)
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Libanonin Viiniritari
(1/1/2001)
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Chateau Musar An Unknown Giant
(1/12/2000)
Great wine should be dangerously attractive.
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Merlin Of Musar
(1/11/2000)
Serge Hochar weaves his spell over Lebanon's inhospitable Bekaa Valley to create vinous magic at Chateau Musar. Sarah Woodward meets the passionate eccentric who doggedly harvested grapes throughout the war and is already putting wine down for the year 3000, to talk about art, love and philosophy levant-style.
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Making Wine In A War Zone
(1/10/2000)
Lebanon's Chateau Musar, which succeeded in its winemaking efforts in all but two vintages throughout 16 years of civil war, is poised once again on the brink of international acclaim.
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The Miracle Of Lebanese Musar
(1/4/2000)
To make the finest wine under the best of conditions and in ideal locations needs a touch of genius, but to make it in the sometimes appalling conditions that Serge Hochar has faced in the Lebanon is nothing short of a miracle.
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Decanter New Releases
(1/1/2000)
Hochar Père et Fils Bekaa Valley 1997.
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Top Of the Wine Tasting
(1/5/1999)
Chateau Musar 1993, Bekaa' Valley, Lebanon.
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Chateau Musar 1993, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
(1/5/1999)
Top of the wine tasting.
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New Releases
(1/4/1999)
Decanter selects the best mixed case taken from the new releases available on the market this month.
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Tastings
(1/10/1998)
Chateau Musar, from Lebanon. This is something that's hard to find. This is a remarkable red wine from the Bekaa Valley ...
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Chateau Musar 1991
(1/9/1998)
A beautifully sweet & seductive nose.
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Chateau Musar-Lebanon
(1/6/1998)
"Chateau Musar will last forever", adds Serge, "and every time you taste it, you will experience something new, with each bottle and each glass. Each vintage is different and has its own unique personality."
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A Dinner Party That Bacchus Would Toast
(10/9/1997)
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World Wine Championships
(1/9/1997)
For those always on the look out for something new, the Eastern Mediterranean wines of one of the world's great producers, Chateau Musar, will come as revelation.
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Musing On Musar
(1/6/1997)
Such sophistication and elegance imposed on a bombed-out hillside is an intriguing contrast to the wines, which are as close to nature as you can get.
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Chateau Musar- Exprimentlusta Och Filosofi
(30/4/1997)
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O Vinho Da Biblia
(1/4/1997)
Comparado por muitos aos bons franceses, o vinho libanês Chateau Musar vem do Vale Bekaa, citado na Biblia.
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War And Peace
(1/1/1997)
Unusually for the Lebanon the red Musar is made from 50 to 80% Cabernet Sauvignon fleshed out with Cinsault.
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Keep Smiling Through
(23/5/1996)
Serge Hochar has made wine through years of war in Lebanon. Dave Broom talked to him about his philosophy for survival and plans for renewal.
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Reds And Whites Triumph Over War
(11/5/1996)
"Great wine should be dangerously attractive", Mr Hochar says.
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Winemaking In A War Zone
(1/2/1996)
Dave Broom visits the winemakers who braved the war in Lebanon to plant vines and live out their wine philosophy
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Miraklet Hochar-Mannen Som Trotsade Kriget
(1/1/1996)
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The Great Wines & Vintages
(1/1/1996)
The wines of Musar sump up the history of wine in the world.
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A Cellar For The Future
(1/7/1995)
If you were given £ 5000, which wines would you invest in with an eye to many future hours of special drinking?
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Serge Hochar Winemaker Through War And Peace
(1/7/1995)
Chateau Musar can vary in style from one vintage to the next depending on the ripeness of the Cabernet Sauvignon versus the Cinsaut component.
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Wines Of The Month
(1/4/1995)
Once again Hochar has managed to produce a wonderful wine, Chateau Musar 1988.
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Serge Hochar Chateau Musar, Ghazir, Lebanon
(1/10/1994)
Serge Hochar, a house builder and winemaker in Lebanon, has been through the wars. That's no wine writer's euphemism.
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Metti Un Rosso Libanese In Val Padana
(1/1/1994)
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Will To Survive
(1/10/1993)
In the second part of his visit to Lebanon, Andrew Jefford drives out to the Bekaa Valley, and the main winemaking areas, where he witnesses the winemakers determination to succeed.
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Wine Watch: Against The Odds
(1/7/1993)
Serge Hochar's problems would cause those of most other wine makers to pale into insignificiance.
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Chateau Musar
(1/6/1993)
It was Auberon Waugh that put me on to that marvellous wine, Chateau Musar, which I love. It reminds me very much of the way Burgundy used to be.
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Power Serge
(20/4/1993)
In the ruins at the city's heart, Serge Hochar is thinking of repairing the sign outside his office, within snipping range of the former front line. " vins fins" is all that remains; the rest was shot away years ago.
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The Grapes Of Wrath Take High Street By Storm
(27/5/1992)
Chateau Musar is a cult among wine buffs. Its sweet, smooth, silky taste makes it almost the perfect red wine...
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Fruit of The Land of Canaan
(16/5/1992)
This is the time of year when i traditionally introduce the new vintage from Chateau Musar, the miraculous wine grown in Noah's ancient land of Canaan, now the Bekaa Valley, 3000 feet above sea level in one of the most bitterly contested areas of Lebanon.
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Musar: The Story Behind The Label
(15/4/1991)
I had always appreciated the wines of Chateau Musar, considering the hard-ships owner Serge Hochar went through to produce it in his war-ravaged country.
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In Ferment On The Frontline
(2/3/1991)
Making wine is a constant battle for Serge Hochar, located as he is in the heart of Lebanon. Tim Atkin met him...
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Men And Women Of The Year
(1/3/1991)
"1990 was an unusual year at Chateau Musar, which has produced a vintage with many individual characteristics", writes Serge Hochar.
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Chateau Musar
(1/1/1991)
"Great wine should be dangerously attractive rather than simply enjoyable, what i want is a wine that troubles me." said Serge Hochar.
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In The Firing Line
(1/11/1990)
Serge Hochar continues to impress the world, not only with his Chateau Musar but with the extraordinary circumstances in which he makes it.
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Libanon-Wein In Deutschland
(1/9/1990)
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Ogni Mese Le Novità Dal Mondo Del Vino
(1/1/1990)
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Lovely Taste That's Survived A Civil War
(1/1/1990)
Serge Hochar first showed Chateau Musar in Britain at the first World Wine Fair in Bristol in 1976...
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Ratselreise Um Die Welt
(1/1/1990)
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Avventura A Beirut
(17/12/1989)
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Chateau Musar: Wines Of War
(4/12/1989)
A slightly built, middle-aged man with graying hair and a gentle manner, Serge Hochar shows a winemaker's ingrained optimism.
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Winemaker Braves War To Produce Award-Winner
(22/11/1989)
Serge Hochar is a survivor. During the past seven months he has survived the most violent and constant shelling of his house in East Beirut since 1975, when the civil war in Lebanon began.
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News From War-Torn Lebanon
(15/11/1989)
For devotees of the luscious and exotic red wines of Chateau Musar in Lebanon, the good news is that a harvest of grapes occured there this fall, despite the stresses imposed by civil war.
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A Show From A Sol Hurok With A Corkscrew
(1/11/1989)
Winemakers tasting Chilean wine at Wine Experience in New York Mariott Marquis.
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Celebrating A Harvest Of Hope
(15/10/1989)
As wine growers in France, Germany, and even England celebrate an excellent 1989 harvest and dispense "vintage of the century" hype as though they had never used the expression before, Serge Hochar is celebrating the simple fact that there has been a harvest at all at Chateau Musar, his estate.
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Lebanese Top Growth Releases New Blend
(15/3/1989)
Chateau Musar, Lebanon's world-class winery, with vineyards in the war-torn Bekaa Valley, has released a new red wine called "Tradition du Chateau Musar"...
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Beirut Vintner Manages To Keep Self, Wines Alive
(4/3/1989)
When he isn't dodging bombs and bullets, Beirut winemaker Serge Hochar makes a pretty good wine - and he's only missed a few vintages when battles in the Bekaa Valley got in the way of his harvest.
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Decanter's Hall Of Fame
(1/3/1989)
Previous distinguished winners Decanter's man / woman of the year Award report on their latest vintage.
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Lebanese Vintner A Wonder
(25/1/1989)
Most winemakers worry about the weather; worry is inherent in the wine business. But Serge Hochar takes the weather for granted.
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Vintages Offers Several Worthwhile Wines In Its Latest Release
(21/1/1989)
From less well-known regions come a worthwhile trio. Lebanon's Tradition du Chateau du Musar 1985 is soft and mature with interesting pomegranate fruit, juniper and tobacco flavors, but fairly light.
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Make Sure You Mark Down This Date For Big Savings From Vintages Stores
(14/1/1989)
The star of the tasting was a Lebanese red: Chateau Musar's new wine called Tradition du Musar 1985.
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Beirut Wine Will No Doubt Be A Future Collector's Item
(13/1/1989)
Probably few of us have ever tasted a wine from Lebanon. Scanning over the newest releases of the vintages stores, i could hardly believe my eyes; there is a wine from Beirut.
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Running A War-torn Winery
(25/12/1988)
A winery thrives amid a war on a Lebanon mountain slope.
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Wines Bloom In War Zone
(5/10/1988)
Most wine producers worry about things like rain and hail. For Serge Hochar, Musar's proprietor and winemaker, trouble from the sky comes more often in the form of rockets, shells and shrapnel.
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It's True! A Great Wine From Lebanon
(5/9/1988)
Chateau Musar is a world-class wine. French connoisseurs say it can be "fantastic"; British wine fanciers have called the Chateau's owner Serge Hochar, "a genius."
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The Last Word On The Acid Test
(1/8/1988)
Lebanon's Chateau Musar, one of the most interesting and, from year to year, varying wines in the world.
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War Makes Job Tough For Winemaker In Lebanon
(20/7/1988)
Serge Hochar, owner of Chateau Musar in Lebanon, explains the dedication necessary to produce wines in his war-ravaged home-land.
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Elegant Reds From Lebanon
(30/6/1988)
During a trip to Ohio in October I got my first taste of one of the world's most talked-about and least tasted wines when two friends in Toledo took me to a Kitschy Lebanese restaurant called Beirut. Chateau Musar 1975 was one of about eight wines on the list.
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Vintage Grapeshot
(4/6/1988)
Roger Voss on a rich, spicy wine made amid the thick of the fighting in Lebanon.
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Beka'a Grapes Of Wrath
(28/5/1988)
Vintages of charm from the war-torn Lebanon.
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Serge Hochar And His Wine from The Lebanon
(1/5/1988)
Chateau Musar is a wine which is unexpectedly plumb and soft when it is young yet is capable of lasting 20 years or more.
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Remarkable Reds-The Connoisseur Steps Outside the Mainstream
(1/5/1988)
You would think it was impossible to produce world-class wines in the sun backed Middle East,but wait till you taste the exquisite red wine of Chateau Musar.
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Learning From The French
(10/10/1987)
Now for Lebanon where Serge Hochar learned his extraordinary skills as a wine-maker at Ronald Barton's Chateau Langoa, producing the vintages of Leoville-Barton which have put it at the top of St Julien's second growths.
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A Dangerous Climate For Wine
(30/4/1987)
The violent conflict in Lebanon has disrupted nearly every part of the society, including winemaking. But Chateau Musar, known for its Bordeaux-style red wine, has found a way to presevere.
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Risky Business
(1/3/1987)
The best wine-makers become high rollers when they gamble on a good vintage wine.
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Image
(1/12/1986)
Perhaps my most successful discovery has been a cabernet from the Lebanon called Chateau Musar, made by a genius called Serge Hochar who trained in Bordeaux at Chateau Leoville-Barton.
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A Rouge With Bottle
(16/11/1986)
Serge Hochar is an unusual man by any standards. During years when many of his country-men have sensibly fled to more peaccable shores, he has obstinately continued to harvest his vines in the Bekaa Valley, producing a red wine which ranks among the best, and certainly the most interesting in the world.
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Bacchus In The Land Of Cedars
(1/5/1986)
.....The wine is from Chateau Musar in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, of all places....
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Musar-Great Value For Your Money
(1/2/1986)
A tasting of the 1977 vintage of Musar was held recently in Toronto, and while we westerners don't take everything the TOites utter too seriously, you must admit there are many souls in that metropolis who know a good wine when they sniff one.
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The Grapes That Survived Lebanon's Wrath
(30/11/1985)
"The taste of Musar represents exactly the quality of the soil, climate and fruit that we have got in the Bekaa Valley", says Serge Hochar firmly.
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Striking A Fine Balance Between Muscle, Finesse
(28/11/1985)
Wine and Lebanon do not fall trippingly on the tongue, or not mine, and it was an education to meet both Mr. Hochar and his 1977 Chateau Musar last week at vintages on Queen's Quay.
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Top Wines Start Out On Pelee Island
(19/10/1985)
Lebanese wine? It sounds like something out of Monty Python but if you haven't tasted Chateau Musar you don't know what you're missing. It is, simply, unique.
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Chateau Musar Reds Made In Combat Zone
(15/5/1985)
Serge Hochar, Decanter wine magazine's Man of the year for 1984, was in Alberta in late April to introduce his famous Chateau Musar reds to a group of appreciative wine lovers.
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Winery Produces As Shells Fly
(25/4/1985)
The production challenges that are part of wine maker Serge Hochar's business day are explosively extraordinary.
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Assertive Reds
(16/4/1985)
Serge Hochar, the proprietor and winemaker, knows not of the California bent toward food wines, but he does vary his techniques from vintage to vintage in a constant quest for the ultimate Musar.
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Lebanese Battlefield Vintages Win Acclaim
(9/2/1985)
Tony Walker tastes liquid assets from the cellar of Chateau Musar near Beirut.
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Serge Hochar Winemaker under fire
(1/1/1985)
Robert Joseph meets the man who has consistently produced high quality wine in the Lebanon, even while war has been raging around him.
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Between The Lines Of Lebanon
(29/12/1984)
For M. Hochar, the excitement in making wine is that it is quite different every year; so different, .....
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The Perils Of Picking The Grapes Of Wrath
(28/10/1984)
The 1984 vintage Chateau Musar, a Lebanese wine considered by connoisseurs to be one of the finest in the world, had an odd bouquet and a taste which could only be described as vile.
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Spectator Wine Club
(23/6/1984)
As i feared, the greed of Spectator readers - or perhaps it would be politer to talk of their hunger for new experience - ensured that the 150 cases of Chateau Musar 1977, from the Lebanon, were snapped up within ten days.
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Spectator Wine Club
(26/5/1984)
Decanter magazine has just devoted two issues to raving about Chateau Musar, everybody in London is talking about it, so i decided i had better move fast while there is still some of the miraculous substance around.
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Serge Hochar Man Of The Year
(1/2/1984)
To introduce this new award we unhesitatingly choose Serge Hochar as Decanter Magazine's Man of the year 1984 for his services to wine - and to the people of Lebanon.
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War Doesn't Deter Lebanese Vineyard
(24/11/1982)
Chateau Musar, a major producer of table wines near Beirut, Lebanon, has completed its annual harvest of grapes without difficulty and is making a 1982 vintage unaffected by the fighting in that country, according to Serge Hochar, the proprietor and wine maker.
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Riches From The Lebanon
(1/4/1982)
Sometimes it is a privilege to attend a tasting, and a very occasionally one comes along that you know you will never see the likes of again. Such was the case when Serge Hochar of Chateau Musar brought with him to London some of the last bottles of his wine from vintages of the 1960s, 1950s and 1940s, going back to wines made by his father Gaston not long after he founded his Lebanese winery.
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Bordeaux-Style Wine From Lebanon
(1/9/1981)
But one winery, Chateau Musar, has produced such high quality wines that they have developed their own cult-following throughout the world.
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Making Wine In A War Zone
(1/7/1981)
Tony Lord reports from Lebanon where Chateau Musar survives in the shadow of Sam 7 missiles.
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The Wine-makers Of Lebanon
(1/6/1981)
The third largest wine-producer in the Lebanon is the Hochar family.Gaston Hochar founded the Chateau Musar winery in 1930, but it has been his sons Serge & Rony who have transformed Chateau Musar from a domestic into an internationally known wine.
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More Of Sellout Lebanese Wine Is Expected
(15/4/1981)
The distributor of a Lebanese wine that has sold out in this area says it has renewed its import agreement with the producer and a new supply is expected to reach the American market by June.
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A Lebanese Cabernet? Yes, and A Good One
(14/4/1981)
To discover a Cabernet of such quality from Lebanon was astonishing, so I set out to learn more about it.
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Chateau Musar: Lebanon's Foremost Vineyard
(1/4/1981)
One of the most enjoyable and interesting press visits I did last year was to risk life and limb to see the vineyards of war-torn Lebanon.
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Magnificient Musar
(31/1/1981)
This article is about a superb red wine made in the Lebanon, where the climate is mostly hostile to good grape cultivation, where there is no great tradition of viticulture...
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A Moreish Vintage
(1/12/1980)
The Lebanese-half of whom are Moslems-drink an average of only two litres of wine each a year.
But this doesn't quench Serge Hochar's passion for perfecting the grapes at the family Chateau near Beirut.
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Surprise From The Lebanon
(18/9/1980)
There is a man of expertise, energy and great personal charm, who produces such surprisingly good wine that I am convinced we will see and hear a great deal of him and his produce in the years ahead.
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Dutch Courage
(13/2/1980)
It is a year since I wrote here at length about the remarkable round the world wine list at the Worcestershire, and I have made a couple of passing remarks about it since.
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Finest and Rarest Wines Spirits, Vintage Port, Cigars and Collectors' Items
(12/12/1979)
The wine is made from a high proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon blended with Syrah and Cinsault, grown at 3,300 feet above sea level, resulting in a wine of extremely high quality.
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Tasting Notes
(1/12/1979)
At the Bristol Wine Fair I tasted a range of Lebanese reds made from classic French grapes by a charming enthusiast, Serge Hochar, trained in Bordeaux.
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Classic "French" Wines From The Home Of The Vine
(6/9/1979)
The Slopes of Mount Lebanon are claimed to be the home of the vine, but until this year there will have been few caterers in this country who would have tasted the wine from this historic area.
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Wine Fair Hits The Jackpot
(26/7/1979)
The find of the show must surely be the Chateau Musar wines from the slopes of Mount Lebanon.
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Imprints of Wine
Chateau Musar red 1995 is tolerance incarnate. It is the fruit of a family tradition, which resulted from thousands of years of civilization, and is integral to the history of Lebanon.
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Lebanon
The top wine of the Middle East is a story in itself.
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Goed Tot Zeer Goed, Goedkoop Tot Zeer Goedkoop
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Risky Business
Chateau Musar has a great following in England, and in 1984 Hochar was honored as Decanter Magazine's cover man of the year for outstanding achievement in winemaking.
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Beirut Vintner's Life Goes On Amid Battle
"I am a wine man, and a wine man is a human person because i work with life."Serge Hochar
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Wines Worth A Search
For years, Chateau Musar and its managing director, Serge Hochar, have been enveloped in turmoil.
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Chateau Musar
The good news is that the next two vintages of Serge Hochar's Chateau Musar - 1979 and 1980 - have arrived from the Lebanon.
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Another Source
Traditional Bordeaux vinification techniques are used in the production of the red wines, followed by ageing in oak casks and no Chateau Musar is exported until it is five years old.
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Mine's a Musar
With new world wines and designer labels all the rage, it's a surprise to discover that GNER plans to reintroduce a wine cited in the Bible. Sally Ramsden uncorks a bottle of Chateau Musar.
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One Wine Drinker's Opinion
One of the standards for greatness among wines is the ability to improve with time spent in the bottle.
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Chateau Musar: Make Wine, Not War
Serge Hochar, taking the attacks in relative stride, was relieved to report: "The bombing did not affect either the vineyards or the winery. It occured in remote places; all is well here."
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Nummer Sieben ist' ne Obergranate
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Grapes Of Wrath
One of the greatest successes- perhaps the greatest- at the 1979 Bristol Wine Fair and again last year was the full, soft, red Chateau Musar.
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The Power of One
Christopher Burr MW, chairman of Uvine.com, tastes wines from the last two centuries- all from years ending in one.
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War Zone Wine
A bottle of Chateau Musar is as remarkable as the way it was made.
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Peace Offering
A remakable survivor of the civil war in Lebanon, Chateau Musar is as exotic and long-lived as ever.
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A Natural Gift From Lebanon's Sun And Soil
Lebanon is the Bible's Dreamland, the "Land of Milk and Honey".That's why Lebanon is extensively used as the superlative of superlatives in Solomon's song of songs.
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