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Tunisian winemakers sample US market

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Al-Monitor interviews Maher Hamdi, the commercial director of Ceptunes, Oct. 18, 2016. — Al-Monitor

Tunisians have been making wine for more than 2,000 years.

Today, they’re hoping to bring that tradition straight to the American market for the first time. Al-Monitor’s video team was there to capture some of the country’s top winemakers as they made their pitch to eminent Washington tastemakers during a recent wine tasting at the Tunisian Embassy.

The video is the first in Al-Monitor’s new showcase video series exploring Middle East cultural exchanges with the West.

 

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