Faouzi Issa's guest appearances

Faouzi Issa

Batonnage

The Connected Table Live

Nathalie Dupree

Ray Isle

Mary Ewing-Mulligan

Lidia Bastianich

David Burke

Steve Olson

Alexander Smalls

Ed Schoenfeld

Mary Gorman-McAdams

Victoria James

Larry Stone

Eric Asimov

Adam Ford

Pascaline Lepeltier

Fred Minnick

OwlTail

In this episode, Liam &amp; Fiona talk to Faouzi Issa of Domaine des Tourelles about winemaking in lockdown, the challenges of growing grapes in the Lebanon and his fascination with Cinsault and Carignan.

<p>In this episode, Liam &amp; Fiona talk to Faouzi Issa of Domaine des Tourelles about winemaking in lockdown, the challenges of growing grapes in the Lebanon and his fascination with Cinsault and Carignan.</p>

Batonnage Ep. 19 - The trailblazer of the Lebanon: Faouzi Issa of Domaine des Tourelles

Taylor Parsons

Faouzi Issa is winemaker at Lebanon's oldest commercial winery, Domaine des Tourelles (est. 1868) located in the Bakaa Valley. Faouzi's family acquired the winery in the late 1990s. He joined as winemaker after studying enology in France and working at Chateaux Margaux in Bordeaux. Faouzi takes a natural approach to making wines. Sommelier Taylor Parsons of Republique Los Angeles discusses the wines of Georgia, a country with an 8000 year old winemaking tradition and over 500 native varietals.This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio –  (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

Faouzi Issa is winemaker at Lebanon's oldest commercial winery, Domaine des Tourelles (est. 1868) located in the Bakaa Valley. Faouzi's family acquired the winery in the late 1990s. He joined as winemaker after studying enology in France and working at Chateaux Margaux in Bordeaux. Faouzi takes a natural approach to making wines. Sommelier Taylor Parsons of Republique Los Angeles discusses the wines of Georgia, a country with an 8000 year old winemaking tradition and over 500 native varietals.<br/><br/>This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 2PM ET on W4CY Radio –  (<a href="http://www.w4cy.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.w4cy.com</a>) part of Talk 4 Radio (<a href="http://www.talk4radio.com/)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.talk4radio.com/)</a> on the Talk 4 Media Network (<a href="http://www.talk4media.com/)" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.talk4media.com/)</a>.

Faouzi Issa and Taylor Parsons