Bekaa Valley

Bekaa Valley is a Lebanon wine-geography entry for the Bekaa Valley context, useful for readers who see an emerging, historic, protected, or regional origin name on a label rather than a familiar European appellation. Its practical identity is: Lebanon's central wine heartland, a high valley between mountain ranges known for structured reds, aromatic whites, and long winemaking history. Typical grapes include Cabernet Sauvignon; Cinsault; Syrah; Merlot; Obaideh; Merwah. The wines are commonly fuller reds with black fruit, spice, dried herbs, and firm structure; whites with stone fruit and mountain freshness. The growing setting is high-elevation inland valley with dry summers, snowy winters, limestone influence, and large diurnal range. This entry is written as reference-encyclopedia geography: it explains place, grapes, style, and label context without ranking estates, implying certification value, or becoming a buying list.