Wine Industry Egypt

The Frenchman shakes his head in disbelief when the waiter at a five-star hotel restaurant suggests he try a new local wine. "I came to Egypt to experience something different, not to live the same way I do at home," Francois Galland laments, staring at the bottle of red wine. Not so long ago, the very thought of a Frenchman comparing Egyptian wine to that back home would have been laughable.

The Frenchman shakes his head in disbelief when the waiter at a five-star hotel restaurant suggests he try a new local wine. "I came to Egypt to experience something different, not to live the same way I do at home," Francois Galland laments, staring at the bottle of red wine. Not so long ago, the very thought of a Frenchman comparing Egyptian wine to that back home would have been laughable.