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The Saadé family is Greek Orthodox Christian and originally from the city of Latakia. It owns two vineyards, Château Marsyas in Lebanon and Domaine de Bargylus in Syria which kept their production ongoing despite the chronic instability facing the Middle-east.

History and origins

Known in antiquity as Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea on the Sea, this ancient harbor owes its name to the Seleucid king Seleucos I Nikator who named it after his mother and daughter. It was founded on the site of the canaanite village of Mazabda otherwise known as Ramitha.

The Saadé family belongs to the orthodox community of Antioch which together with the patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria and Jerusalem constitute one of the four seats of the Christian East.

This family of merchants, industrialists and Syrian landowners[1] had many prominent representatives among which Elias Saadé, Mikhaïl Saadé and Gabriel Saadé (1854-1939) as well as the latter sons Wadih Saadé, Edouard Saadé and Rodolphe Saadé (1900-1958).[2] Their cousin Angèle Ibrahim married the brother of the former prime minister of Syria Farès el-Khoury (1873-1962). He is the grandfather of the Syrian poet and writer Colette Khoury.

In 1840, Elias Saadé undertook an in-depth reform of olive tree culture and production methods in the Syrian coastal area.[3]

His son Mikhaïl Saadé, a prominent city dignitary, welcomed in his home in 1879 the ottoman governor of Syria Midhat Pasha who later became the empire’s Grand Vizir and prominent reformer.[4]

In 1943, his grandson Wadih Saadé was elected member of Syrian parliament.[5]

His other grandson Edouard Saadé upheld his thesis in 1905 at the International institute of Agriculture of Beauvais along with his cousin Toufick Saadé.[6][7][8]

His youngest grandson Rodolphe Saadé (1900-1958) was a prominent merchant[9], industrialist and landowner who travelled very frequently to Europe and the United States.

Sharing his vision for the country, he declared to the American geologist Raymond E.Crist (who mentions it in his book published in 1962 “Land for the fellahin: land tenure and land use in the Near-East”) during his visit to Syria: “our wealth is in agriculture and our industries should be based on it”.[10]

Rodolphe married Odette Nauphal, the daughter of Lebanese member of parliament under the French mandate Abdallah Nauphal.[11] The latter is the nephew of Baron Selim de Nauphal (1828-1902) who was councilor of state and professor at the institute of oriental languages of the ministry of foreign affairs of Tsarist Russia.[12][13][14][15][16] His maternal grandfather Christophe Catzeflis, of Greek descent, was consul of various European powers among which Austria-Hungary, Denmark and Sweden. Among other guests, he welcomed French poet and statesman Alphonse de Lamartine during his visit in the East.[17][18]

Johnny, the son of Rodolphe, refocused the family activities in the winemaking and tourism fields. He lives with his wife in Beirut. The latter is the daughter of Louis Ziadé (1890-1968), who was elected 7 times in a row president of the Aleppo Bar association in Syria where he lived for 25 years before returning to Lebanon and becoming member of parliament.[19][20] He resided at the Ziadé Palace in Zokak el-Blatt.[21] He married Mathilde Bekhyt, daughter of Georges Bekhyt, a rich cotton merchant on the Alexandria exchange in Egypt.[22] Her uncle was the lawyer Paul Noujaim, also know under his pen name Paul Jouplain, was one of the main theoretician of the idea of a Greater Lebanon.[23][24]

Among other members of the Saadé family, special mention can be made of Gabriel W.Saadé, a prominent Syrian historian who made great contributions to our knowledge of the ancient city of Ugarit.[25] His niece Leila Badre is the famous archaeologist and director of the Museum of the American University of Beirut.[26]

The vineyards

The creation of both vineyards took place in 1997 when Johnny Saadé and his two sons Karim and Sandro founded Domaine de Bargylus in Syria and Château Marsyas[27] in the Beqaa valley in Lebanon. Soil as well as climatic studies were undertaken and the first vines are planted in 2003.[28]

The first vintages seem to be 2006 for Bargylus and 2007 for Château Marsyas.

The Saadé family has apparently put in place very strict quality protocols for both their vineyards.[29]

The family has kept the production going for Bargylus despite the raging war in Syria. They are managing their estate from Beirut having been unable to visit it since the beginning of the conflict.[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]

The explosion which took place in Beirut on August 4th 2020 destroyed their administrative offices and heavily injured Johnny Saadé and his son Sandro.[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]

References

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  8. ^ Saâde, Toufick (1905). Essai sur l'agriculture a l'Attaquié [i.e., Lattaguié] Syrie (in French). Impr. A. Dumontier.
  9. ^ Ṣaqqāl, Fatḥ Allāh; الله،, صقال، فتح (1952). من ذكريات حكومة الزعيم حسني الزعيم: خواطر وآراء (in Arabic). دار المعارف،.
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