Massaya

Massayawas founded in 1997 through a Franco-Lebanese partnership between the Goshn family, who were reclaiming their ancestral lands, and Daniel Brunier (Domaine Le Vieux Télégraphe). Significant investments enabled the modernization of the buildings of the former distillery, as well as the vineyard, in Tanaïl—in the heart of the Bekaa Valley—which historically produced the spirit Arak. The first bottles of Arak were produced in 1994, and wines followed in 1998. Today, Massaya has expanded with a second site established in 2014, located in Faqra—a rocky region at a higher elevation at the foot of Mount Lebanon.

Massaya’s wines are primarily produced on clay-limestone soils, at altitudes ranging from 800 m to 1,200 m, in a Mediterranean climate that yields distinctive, straightforward, and sun-kissed wines with just the right balance. The estate uses local, indigenous grape varieties blended with French varieties such as Cinsault, Syrah, Grenache, and Cabernet Sauvignon. A benchmark in the region!