The challenge of making Palestinian wine
The headaches caused by Israel’s occupation outweigh the vagaries of climate
The vines are heavy with grapes, the harvest just a few days away. Yet Sari Khoury is stressed: he cannot find workers to pick grapes in his vineyards. Proud owner of the Philokalia label, he is one of a handful of Palestinians in the West Bank producing wine under the trickiest of circumstances: Israel’s occupation.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Grapes of wrath”
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