Winemakers Face the Challenges of War
Syrian wine could become a casualty of the country's civil war and the swift rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Under the Islamist militants, alcohol is forbidden, its production, sale and consumption punishable by lashings and imprisonment. Wine Spectator's Suzanne Mustacich reports.
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