B for Bacchus
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B for Bacchus
Wine stories from the Fertile Crescent.
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31 epizód
28. Mapping Out Wine's Origins with Dr. Patrick McGovern
Farrah speaks to Dr. Patrick E. McGovern, the Scientific Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Project for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health...
27. Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself
After a long hiatus, the podcast returns with the first episode of the long-awaited Season 3. This time, host Farrah Berrou is the interviewee and fel...
26. LEBANON - Little Bible Land in the Crossfire of History
Farrah shares some updates on Season 3 (returning in October!). Plus, she reads an article from a 1970 issue of National Geographic Magazine titled, "...
25. LEBANON - Politics can play a part; it doesn’t have to though
Months after its release online, Farrah discusses the documentary Wine and War with Lebanese wine writer, Michael Karam, who was part of the project....
24. LEBANON - The story never stopped, it continued with us
Back in July, Farrah had breakfast with Christiane Issa Nahas of Domaine des Tourelles. They discuss how one of the oldest Lebanese wineries was estab...
23. LEVANT - Arak & mountains are like salt & pepper
Over Zoom, Farrah speaks to Joseph and Marwan El Asmar about arak. Joseph, calling in from South Lebanon's Jezzine, is the author of The Milk of Lions...
22. LEVANT - The Abbasids love their glitter
In this episode, Farrah chats with Joumana Medlej, a French-Lebanese artist based in London. They discuss Joumana's book, Inks & Paints of the Middle...
21. LEBANON - Only archeology can give us the right answers
After exactly one year since the launch of the podcast, we're back with Season 2! For the first episode, Farrah speaks to Dr. Helene Sader from the Am...
Season Two Coming Soon
A quick update from Farrah on the status of the podcast, Patreon, and the upcoming Season Two.
Translation of "Li Beirut" taken from Why must ev...
BEIRUT BLASTS - Conversation with Who Run the World
On Tuesday, an explosion of 2750 TONS of ammonium nitrate shattered the entire country (and neighboring ones). Rhea, Marilyn, and Farrah had planned t...
20. JUST A DROP - The Lost Glass and Cigarette
JUST A DROP: Less than 10 minutes about a wine topic, some news, and updates.
Once again, Farrah went a little over the 10-minute mark for this...
19. JUST A DROP - The Middle Yeast
JUST A DROP: Less than 10 minutes about a wine topic, some news, and updates.
This one's about the microbe that gives us so...
18. JUST A DROP - Wine of the Bean
JUST A DROP: Less than 10 minutes about a wine topic, some news, and updates.
Disclaimer - this one’s a little over 10 minutes but it’s worth it...
17. JUST A DROP - Corona Borealis
JUST A DROP: Less than 10 minutes about a wine topic, some news, and updates.
Back with another short episode this week on the story of Bacchus'...
16. LEBANON - For people to try your product, you have to give them a reason
RECORDED BEFORE CORONAVIRUS.
Farrah speaks to Joe Saade of Terre Joie, the home of vineyards that sit on the vertex of 3 te...
15. JUST A DROP - The Levant Fault System
JUST A DROP: Less than 10 minutes about a wine topic, some news, and updates.
The Levant Fault System, or the Dead Sea Transform, is a network o...
14. LEBANON - Competition pushes you to pay attention to what you’re producing
RECORDED BEFORE CORONAVIRUS.
Elie Maamari, export manager of Chateau Ksara, Lebanon’s oldest and largest winery, talks to Farrah about his 40-ye...
13. JUST A DROP - Obeidy vs. Merwah
JUST A DROP: Less than 10 minutes about a wine topic, some news, and updates.
Obeidy (also spelled Obaideh, Obeideh, Obeidi - you get the point)...
12. LEBANON - People flooded to Baalbeck because of water
Farrah talks to Alia Fares, a German-Lebanese archaeologist & tour guide who’s very, very familiar with the ancient UNESCO World Heritage Site of Baal...
11. BONUS - Don’t leave me far from Al Ferzol
We're back with Alex Rowell again for a bonus clip on Abu Nuwas' work and whether or not he ever wrote about Lebanon. In this short episode, we talk a...
10. LEVANT - Wine has always been a part of this
Our first episode of 2020 is with Alex Rowell, author of Vintage Humor: The Islamic Wine Poetry of Abu Nuwas. Farrah talks to Alex about who Abu Nuwas...
9. LEBANON - Through resilience, through believing, in the end we can persist
SPECIAL NYE RELEASE: Today marks the 5th anniversary of Serge Hochar’s passing. This episode is dedicated to the wine legend. Farrah speaks to his son...
8. PALESTINE - Use what you have in your own country, in your own lands
For a special Christmas release, B for Bacchus leaves Lebanon for the first time and talks to Fadi Batarseh of Cremisan, a West Bank winery near Bethl...
7. LEBANON - Siblings Part 2: Be proud of your local production
Part 2 of 2 episodes where Farrah talks to brother-sister duos from two Bekaa Valley wineries. In both episodes/wineries, the older sister handles mar...
6. LEBANON - Siblings Part 1: We're the transition between the bottle and the vines
Part 1 of 2 episodes where Farrah talks to brother-sister duos from two Bekaa Valley wineries. In both episodes/wineries, the older sister handles mar...
5. LEBANON - To-Do Lists and Arak at 3pm
A special 3-in-1 this time around: Thouraya Karam of Karam Wines, Joanna Gerges of Chateau Cana, and Andrea Geara of Aurora Winery. Each of these thre...
4. LEBANON - Why can't we dream?
Maher Harb, the winemaker at the young Sept Winery in the small Batroun village of Nahla, is the only biodynamic winemaker in Lebanon. Farrah talks to...
3. LEBANON - We need to make a much bigger cake
Farrah talks to Hady Kahale, wine consultant, manager of Batroun's Atibaia, and husband of Episode 2's guest, Jennifer Massoud. Hady is the co-founder...
2. LEBANON - I was baptized in wine
Farrah sits down with Jennifer Massoud of Atibaia winery in Batroun, a wine region north of Beirut. As one of the smallest, if not THE smallest, bouti...
1. LEBANON - Our savior is the vines
In the very FIRST episode of the B for Bacchus podcast, Farrah talks to Eddie Chami from Couvent Rouge, a winery in the Bekaa Valley's Deir el Ahmar....
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Introducing a podcast about wine in the Levant, Eastern Mediterranean, and the Caucasus.
Hosted by Farrah Berrou