Chateau Ksara Review

Visited on a girls' trip back in April. It was a short tour through the wine caves and it ended with wine tasting. All in all not a bad experience.

Amazing visit. The restaurant food was absolutely delicious. Gorgeous wine and really lovely staff!

Tour consists of watching a video and then visiting a small part of the underground cellar.
Only their white wines are good

Perfect, historical wine cave. You get lost in time when you enter their cave
The food was super delicious. the duck legs plate is a must . They also have a rich and diverse wine store.

Informative wine video and tour, very welcoming staff! The caves are also really cool (literally and figuratively).

The biggest winery in lebanon. The oldest. And its really good. Guides are professionals, and friendly. We first watch a documentary - walk through the roman caves - and then wine tasting. My favorite wine is the sweet wine.

Ive been there many times and it was great. The thing is whenever they have alot of people coming they only show you one quarter of the tour in addition to serving really bad wine so either set a limit or put rules like reservation is needed so you know how to organize the visitors. What makes it worse is that i was showing my american friends this place and i was like this is the pride of Lebanese wine and it was terrible.

Had higher expectations. The tour was too short and the lady'smood could have been better

Good experience. A very friendly host Josephine helped us with the wine tasting. She was fantastic. Nice wine and setting.

Enjoyed the wine tasting, unfortunately didn t find the cave tour very informative but then again it s a free tour!

If it comes to wine tasting ,this unique experience here ,definitely 5 stars
but 4 stars for the vineyards surrounding the winery ... they didn't get big land here to show as in the other wineries.
But again Ksara wine-Zahle- Lebanon is one of the best hidden treasure of wine in this world that has not yet been well known by people worldwide , maybe due to the limited quantity exported.
Expensive things aren't placed on the street , you should look for them .
Some wine Experts compare Kasara Wine as French Bordeaux Wine and I agree .it is rich, full of flavor and very pleasant .
I would say Their wine is absolutely one of the most tasty wine I ever had and not that expensive .

Cheers .

Worth to visit.
Our vineyards should do the same.
Perfect presentation.

The oldest dry red production in Lebanon. 2.5 million production. Professional and informative tour and tasting.

Very nicely prepared environment with as far as I understood very good wines

Nice place...tour of the caves is for 15 minutes. It is free. If you want to taste wine then you need to pay...3 different packages available. We had lunch in the cafetaria after the tour. Pasta is not on the menu...but it is nice. Wine is also very good quality. Overall...worth a visit when in lebanon.

Everyone should come and watch our history and our production.. Lebanon has a lot to appreciate and to see the beauty of everything in it

Wine tasting was good. Wish that they offer older wine for the tasting as I was planning to buy good quantity of over 10yrs wine but preferred to try before then i change my mind..

An interesting place to see and understand how wine is developed in Lebanon.
It was in 1857 that the Jesuit fathers settled in Ksara, a terroir of about twenty hectares of plantation, where they cultivate vines and produce mass wines, as well as a red wine for their own consumption. .
Throughout the years they have worked and developed this area and today we are facing wine experts.

Great activity, free tasting and tour - worth the drive !

Disappointed in the tasting. It was significantly rushed. Plus, we wanted to do both the free and premium tasting, so we paid the $10 for the premium. However, we were only served the premium tasting and then the person pouring rushed downstairs and we never got the free tasting. We expected to have tastings of the lesser expensive wine interspersed with the premium wines. :(

Nice hotel great restaurant average prices. It is nice hotel very good restaurant correct prices.

Great tour with Rola. The caves are very impressive. The wine is ok. I paid for the premium tasting but it was only two additional wines - not really worth $10 extra. The tour itself is free and well worth doing for the caves alone.

They mention the closing time is 6 yet the guy at the entrance prevented us from entering while it was still 5:30 saying they wont receive any more customers!!!!! Unprofessional and rude

Interesting to hear the history behind it. Very nice visit and good wine.

A castle!
Tour in the wine cellars with guide and explanation, tasting, shop!

To visit, revisit and revisit ...

Nice documentary, very beautiful caves, the Personel is young and nice. The wine tasting experience was overall interesting, with 5 different qualities of wine that we tried. Thank to the staff for the nice experience!

Chateau Ksara, the country's oldest winery, founded in 1857 by Jesuit Fathers. In August 1973, sold to a consortium of Lebanese businessmen Chateau Ksara's motto is "Modernity in Tradition". It is an idea that captures perfectly our position as Lebanon's oldest winery and the pioneering spirit that has kept Chateau Ksara at the forefront of Lebanon's wine industry, for over 156 years. Today's wine drinkers are both informed and discerning, and therefore we are committed to producing quality wines - varietals and blends made from our 25 local and international varieties - that will satisfy all palates and suit all occasions. Not only are our wines made to the most exacting standards with state of the art equipment, they also reflect the terroir of the Lebanon's historic Bekaa Valley, an area that has been making wine for over 2,000 years. It is a legacy that we respect with every bottle we make. Brand values The name of Chateau Ksara has become associated with the three core values: tradition, nobility and modernity. These are emphasized through name and lineage (tradition); through a high-quality product (nobility) and the tremendous innovative advances made since 1991 (modernity). Visit one of the world's most beautiful Wine Cellars 7 days per week from 9a.m till 6 p.m

One of Lebanon's oldest wineries. Visit the caves, they're superb!

I m not sure what was more impressive - the collection of amazing wines in the labyrinth of tunnels below the winery OR how drunk we got during a tasting! Amazing history as the tunnels have been used for centuries and for different purposes. Super friendly staff and great show room to take a few bottles home with you

Professional, Friendly and such an nice escape. Where you will be invited to watch a movie about how it all started back in 1857.. escorted through an underground tour in the big historical cave of Ksara, after doing the wine tasting while having the opportunity to enjoy a fine and delicious meal from their French cuisine restaurant.

The cellars are absolutely worth visiting. The guides are extremely professional and knowledgeable about their subject; we were guided by TIA, in addition to being a very pretty young woman, she was very competent. Only downside, the end of visit tasting only concerns the whole coming ... The Grands Crus remain hidden.

the tour with the specialized guide is very educational and important the cave is amazing . and at the end they do wine tasting but if you are with a large groupe u ll not have the chance to taste the wine and listen well to the tips they offer.
the restaurant upstairs is nice and classy and it has a selective open buffet depending on the budget food tastes good and there is a wide variety of plates.
service is good and the waiter was nice

Beautiful place, well organised guided tour followed by tasting beautiful Lebanese wines.

Not worth the trip. The tour around the cave is nice but thats it. The 10usd wine tasting was very basic

A nice little winery with really cool caves. Didn't take long and small tasting afterwards. A nice stop from Beirut to Baalbek.

Organized viewing of the film (English, French, Arabic) about the creation of a winery, then an excursion to the cave where wine is stored and wine tasting, about 6 varieties and the arak bonus - when there was one, a year later was part of the group - only three tastes were tasted of wine. The tour is even for one visitor. There is also a store where you can buy their products (prices are cheaper than in duty free at the airport). Around the building of the planting of grapes

What to say about Chateau Ksara, the wine, the Arak.... No words can describe!!!

Wine tasting experience was extremely bad. It felt very rushed up and we didn't even get to see the caves where they keep the barrels. The people who served the wine seemed completely unfit for the job; what they told us about the wine was coming from a few memorized lines. Won't be visiting again

Wine is forbidden, and it is forbidden. It is not permissible to drink it, may God curse them, and offer them severe punishment

It s one of my favorite wineries in the country. Located in Zahle, the staff is very friendly and helpful. The tour allows one to learn the rich history of the place. The wine tasted amazing, all in all it s a must try place especially if you love wine.

A great tour of the caves and winery. Short and ends with a tasting session if you would like it. The best wine and very affordable. Highly recommend the visit.

Must visit by wine enthusiasts and tourists. Guides can speak arabic, english and french and are very helpful.

My visit was at the end of a day trip to the Beqaa Valley (Anjar + Baalbek). The place has nice a character and the wines are unique tasting. My favorite was the red Reserve du Couvent. Wines are relatively young and have a bite to them. Like I said, it's a nice place to a full day of temple tours.

Cave cellars and free wine tasting.. Nice to experience.. Must do for tourists in Lebanon..

Great place to visit and see the old caves. A documentary on wine making and a short tour in the caves followed by wine tasting.

Had better expectations. Our guide was hasty and moody(which is understandable because there were many people). Probably needs better organization? Also, you get to taste their most mediocre wines.

A beautiful place and nice tour. The tour starts with a short documentary about the history, and then a guide will walk you around the place and caves explaining everything you should know. At the end there is wine tasting. The tour is for free but the wine tasting is not it depends on which selection of wine you would like to taste.

Awesome visit to Ksara. Amazing winery with great wines and history

The setting is magnificent in the middle of nature. It also organizes guided tours of the cellars followed by a tasting of their products.

We had a video about the history of the wineries then a tour inside the caves. Then we did some tasting and we chose some salads, cheese and salmon for lunch aling with a good bottlw of wine. It was an amazing visit

Chateau Ksara one of the best wineries in Lebanon. The wine cellar is carved in the rocks and it is made up of tunnels with a mild temperature all year around. Wine tasting sessions and tours are organized daily. The wine selection from different types of grapes is amazing. Once in the Bekaa region do not miss it.

Winery with an incredible, historic cave system as their cellar. We've all done wine tastings and tours before; what's sets this place apart is the roughly 2 kilometers of underground caves that they use to store and age the wine. The how-to explanation of wine making is a forgettable video recording, but the walk through the caves makes it all worth it. Caves are naturally occurring, but not discovered/used for wine until 1857. Caves are handicapped accessible, flat but not level floors (somewhat steep slopes, in a few places). You'll walk maybe a few hundred meters through them. The wine, while good, and the wine tasting experience itself are pleasant...and more or less like any other winery you've visited.

Wonderful, the guide with me was very nice and already a pleasant experience

This winery offers free wine tasting as well as a tour. The wine is very good and the place itself is beautiful and full of history that is very interesting to learn about. Wine is inexpensive and they have choices to satisfy everyone's taste. Must visit

Excellent wine !! The tour of the cellar is very interesting! The first lunch !!!

Chateau Ksara is the most famous producer of wines in Lebanon. It is an amazing winery that offers tour around the winery and also wine tasting.

Chateau Ksara is the one of the biggest winery in Lebanon and worldwide there is more than 13 type of wine between red white and Rosie the staff are very helpful friendly and had full of knowledge about wine and type of grapes. the tower we made it in ksara you can see all the part of the old house with the barrels of wine and you can see the steps which the wine pass in it from the barrels to the bottles very interesting and historic place which you can see also the Old machines they was used to made wine and to fill them in bottles. In the end of the tower you are invited for the wine tasting it was an amazing experience as you can be proud that ksara is one of the most selling worldwide winery in the world

Warm welcome.
Nice place to go and to degust sublime wine.
You can have a lunch as well after your visit.

My experience with Ksara is wonderful in terms of service, quality, but price should be lowered for Rose and Red Wine.

Part of an organized day tour. The cave was interesting and the young lady who did our wine tasting was exemplary. ( Mona, maybe?).

Loved the story of the 100 Lebanese families who do dug in the cave to widen it and use it to hide in WWI

I don't know the place but the blance de blance drunk in Italy (Brescia) is excellent.
Large bouquet with hints of fruit and a final note of bananas.
Nothing to envy to South Tyrolean wines.

Nice experience, simple and but beneficial wine tasting and cave tour(free tour and tasting). The food is great I tried the steak and the salad bar, price vs taste it is a great deal.