Hizballah Heartland producing spicy wine
 | The hotbed of Shi'ite militancy in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon is also a promising wine growing region. Alcohol production might seem out of place in the Middle East but viniculture has a long history in the Bekaa valley. In fact, the Romans built a temple to the wine god Bacchus here thousands of years ago. And it was the Arabs who invented the art of distilling fermented beverages into alcoholic spirits. |
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