Main wine regions
Places to visit
All 11 places Archaeological site · Alexandria Alexandria: Roman Theatre Archaeological site · Alexandria Catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa Museum · Cairo Cairo: Egyptian Museum Winery · Abu al-Matamir Gianaclis Vineyards Winery · Giza Giza Pyramids Sunset Winery · El Gouna Kouroum of the Nile & Indigenous Grapes Winery · Luxor Luxor: Karnak Temple Archaeological site · Shibin el-Kom Pharaonic Wine Archaeology Tour Wine bar · Western Desert Sahara Vineyards
Wine trails
8 stops · 1 week Cleopatra's Vineyards Cleopatra served wine to Caesar and Mark Antony. Egypt's vineyards were famous in antiquity. Wine jars in Tutankhamun's tomb are the world's first wine labels. Modern Egyptian wine is modest at best — this is a historical pilgrimage. Drink wine at sunset over the pyramids. Stand in Cleopatra's city. Toast to 5,000 years of history. 4 stops · 4-5 days The Sahara Wine Road A German-Egyptian businessman who lives in Tuscany planted 450 acres of vines near Luxor where summer temperatures hit 50°C. Workers harvest at dawn before the heat becomes impossible. This trail follows the most improbable wine story on Earth — from ancient pharaonic vineyards painted on tomb walls to indigenous Bannati grapes on the Red Sea, from the Greek-Egyptian entrepreneur who revived winemaking in 1882 to the mad visionary growing Cabernet in the Sahara. Egypt had 24 wine regions in antiquity. The Arab conquest killed the tradition. These people are bringing it back.