Chateau Musar The story of a wine icon

“Serge was so much more than a winemaker and the driving force behind Lebanon’s best-known winery.”
Jancis Robinson MW

• The fifth title from the Académie du Vin Library
• Story of a world wine treasure: Chateau Musar’s red and white wines have gained a cult following since their
discovery by Michael Broadbent in 1979
• A year-by-year breakdown of how Musar survived the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990)
• Vintage notes – charting the journey of these remarkable wines from 1951 right up to the winery’s latest release – from Jancis Robinson MW, Michael Broadbent, Steven Spurrier and Bartholomew Broadbent
• How these wines came to be: from the limestone terroir of the Beka’a Valley to the Mediterranean splendour of the winery at Ghazir
• Musar’s place at the birthplace of viticulture – charting Lebanon’s 8,000-year wine history
• Featuring an intimate portrait of Serge Hochar – wine lover, philosopher and survivor – by best selling US author Elizabeth Gilbert
• Over 100 stunning, specially commissioned photographs by Lucy Pope
• Taking on the World: how Musar found fame in the UK, the US and in Asia
• Tributes to Serge from our favourite wine commentators
• Wise words from Serge: a list of classic ‘Serge-isms’