Private Bekaa Wine Tour | 3 Wineries · St Thomas, Kefraya & Ksara

9:00 AM — Departure from Beirut Your driver picks you up from your Beirut hotel and heads east on the Damascus highway — climbing through the Lebanese mountains as the Bekaa Valley opens below, a vast fertile plain that has been growing grapes since before recorded history.

Chateau Saint Thomas — the one that surprises everyone Start at Chateau Saint Thomas — a respected family-owned estate producing wines from vineyards at over 1,000 metres altitude in the Bekaa. The combination of high elevation, cool nights, and intense Bekaa sunshine creates growing conditions of serious complexity — wines that consistently earn international medals and surprise visitors who arrive expecting something more modest. The guided cellar tour walks you through the full winemaking process before a tasting of their acclaimed Cabernet Sauvignon, full-bodied red blends, and elegant whites. A quiet, confident opener that sets the right tone for the day.

Chateau Kefraya — 300 hectares and the best red in Lebanon Drive to Chateau Kefraya — one of the largest and most celebrated wine estates in Lebanon, with 300 hectares of vineyards across the Bekaa plain and a reputation that extends well beyond Lebanon's borders. The flagship Comte de M red blend is widely considered one of the finest wines produced in the Middle East — powerful, structured, and the kind of bottle you want to take home. The guided cellar tour moves through the vast barrel rooms before a structured tasting that covers the full range — from the iconic Comte de M to the aromatic whites and the celebrated Muse rosé. By this point in the day you will have a clear favourite. It is probably the Comte de M.

Chateau Ksara — Roman caves, Lebanese wine, founded 1857 Save the most interesting for last. Chateau Ksara is Lebanon's oldest winery — founded by Jesuit monks in 1857 — and the main attraction is not the wine, it is what is underneath it. Two kilometres of Roman cave cellars, discovered by the Jesuits in the late 19th century, now used to age wine at a naturally constant temperature year-round. Walking through ancient tunnels carved by Romans and now filled with thousands of quietly ageing bottles is one of those genuinely unexpected experiences that makes a wine tour feel like an adventure. The tasting that follows — iconic Cabernet-Syrah blends, crisp Blanc de Blancs, and the famous Sunset Rosé — is the perfect way to close out three wineries and a very good day in the Bekaa.

Lunch in Zahle — the Bride of the Bekaa End the day in Zahle — Lebanon's food and wine capital, known as the Bride of the Bekaa. The famous restaurant terraces along the Bardawni River serve some of the finest Lebanese mezze in the country — cold and hot dishes, grilled meats, fresh bread, and local wine with the cool Bekaa mountain air and the river below. After three cellar tours and three tastings, lunch in Zahle is not optional. It just is.

Return to Beirut — approx. 5:30–6:00 PM Back over the Lebanese mountains to Beirut with drop-off at your hotel — three wineries, one great valley, and a much better understanding of why Lebanese wine deserves more attention than it gets.