NOW AND WE'LL
SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT WEEK.
>>> HERE IN RIVER CITY LIVE WE
LOVE TO CELEBRATE ALL THE LOCAL
PLACES AND ONE OF OUR FAVORITES
IS THE BEIRUT RESTAURANT.
SIMONE IS BACK.
YOU ALWAYS BRING THIS AMAZING
MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE.
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
>> WE WANT IT TO BE AUTHENTIC.
SO WE HAVE GREATAUTHENTIC MENU.
SO WE ENFORCE THE WINE -- SOME
OF THE REGION.
FROM LEBANON AND JASON IS OUR
WINE EXPERT AND HERE IS HERE TO
TELL US ABOUT THE WINE WE HAVE
SELECTED.
>> WELCOME, JASON.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ANCIENT
WINE.
>> YEAH.
EVERYBODY HEARS ABOUT OLD WORLD
WINES LIKE FRANCE AND ITALY AND
SPAIN, NEW WORLD, UNITED STATES
AND CHILE.
THESE ARE HAVING A MOMENT NOW.
THEY'RE FROM LEBANON, ISRAEL,
JORDAN.
AND ARMENIA.
BE HAVE SOME -- WE HAVE SOME
WINE HERE FROM THE EASTERN
MEDITERRANEA
MEDITERRANEAN.
AND AUTHENTICITY IS A BIG PART
OF WHAT RESTAURANTS ARE GOING
FOR.
>> AND THAT IS WHAT SIMONE IS
TRYING TO DO.
SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IS
TAKING THE ANCIENT WINE THAT IS
A TRADITION AND BLEPD IT
WITH -- BLEND IT WITH THE FOOD.
AND YOU WERE SAYING THAT THESE
ACTUALLY STAND ALONE BY
THEMSELVES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAIR THEM.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A FOOD LIKE
THIS, YOU SHOULD.
>> PAIRING MEDITERRANEAN WINES
ARE NOT COMPLICATED.
YOU CAN OF COURSE PAIR THEM FOR
INSTANCE YOU WANT A WHITE WITH A
CHEESE OR SALAD OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET TOO
NIT-PIC
NIT-PICKY.
>> SURE.
I LIKE YOUR STYLE.
[LAUGHS]
>> THIS IS THE ROSE FROM
LEBANON.
AND IT'S A BLEND OF MORDEVRE AND
GRENACHE.
>> IS THIS LIKE A PINOT GRIGIO?
THIS IS A LITTLE LIGHTER.
I ONLY KNOW A FEW WINES THAT I
DRINK BUT I LIKE TO EXPLORE.
>> READY FOR ANOTHER?
THIS IS FROM THE (INAUDIBLE)
WINE ESTATE IN BETHLEHEM OF THE
HOLY LAND IN THE WEST BANK.
THIS WINE IS -- MADE SINCE 1885
BY MONKS.
AND NOW AN ITALIAN WINE FIRM.
>> WHEN YOU SAY ANCIENT WINE,
YOU ARE REALLY TALKING ANCIENT.
>> .
THIS IS A LITTLE SWEETER FOR ME.
>> A LITTLE SWEETER AND A
LITTLE MORE CRISP.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD THAT
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> FOR THE LAMB, WE HAVE VERY
SPECIAL WINE.
THIS ONE IS ALSO -- LEBANESE.
BACK TO LEBANON.
THIS IS ALSO A BLEND.
IT'S A BLEND OF SOME FRENCH
GRAPES.
A LOT OF THE LEBANESE WINES
BLEND FRENCH GRAPES.
COLONY OF FRANCE FOR A LONG
TIME.
>> THAT'S REALLY GOOD TOO.
AND WE HAVE ONE MORE LEFT.
>> THIS ONE IS PRETTY SPECIAL.
IT'S THE INDIGENOUS HOLY LAND
GRAPE.
THEY HAVE DONE DNA TESTING AND
THIS IS PROBABLY THE WINE USED
IN THE LAST SUPPER.
>> WOW!
>> DAVID PROBABLY USED THIS.
>> OKAY.
I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
SO -- I ALWAYS LOVE WHEN YOU
COME ON.
NOW YOU'RE GETTING ME LIQUORED
UP.
THIS IS A LOT OF FUN.
THANKS AGAIN FOR SHOWING SOME
ANCIENT WINE.
GO TO BEIRUTJAX.COM.
>> WE HAVE AN APP FOR YOU TO
SEE OUR MENU, DOWNLOAD PHOTOS
AND SEE THE RESTAURANT FROM
INSIDE AND ORDER ONLINE.
BUT ALWAYS COME AND SEE US.
>> HE IS A GREAT HOST.