Wine venues in Jordan

7 wine venues in 6 areas, mostly wineries and landmarks.

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Amman 1 venue

Amman Citadel Landmark Walk where Nabataeans ruled 2000 years ago—the Citadel overlooks Amman's wine history, though today's Jordanian wineries cluster in the cooler Mafraq highlands north of the city.

Irbid 1 venue

Umm Qais (Gadara) Winery · Umm Qais Gadara commanded trade routes from Damascus to Petra—Roman amphorae still scattered on the hillsides prove wine and olive oil were Umm Qais's lifeblood before the Severan boom of 193-235 CE.

Jerash Governorate 1 venue

Jerash (Gerasa) Winery · Jerash Jerash was the Roman Empire's Pompeii of the East—wine, wheat, and olive oil flowed from the Decapolis city, where even a 4th-century wine festival commemorated Christ's miracle at Cana.

Jordan Valley 1 venue

Saint George Winery Wine bar Omar Zumot's desert winery makes Cabernet Sauvignon in Mafraq, 735 meters high where 1996 vines root in basalt soil—first Jordanian wine ever featured in Hachette's 1000 Wines of the World.

Ma'an 1 venue

Petra Winery · Petra Nabataeans carved 82 wine presses into Petra's rose-red cliffs 2000 years ago—archaeologists found Dionysus cult paintings in cave alcoves, proving wine flowed where water-engineered gardens once bloomed.

Madaba 2 venues