IN PICTURES: The first annual Taybeh wine festival held in the West Bank

Grape-vines have been grown for centuries in the West Bank. (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)

Taybeh Winery’s grapes are dormant for the winter, but will be ready for harvesting in the autumn. (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)

Inside the winery, Nadim Khoury, owner of Taybeh Winery, explains the fermenting process in front of the French oak-barrels that hold the wine for at least two years. (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)

Boxes of the wine read: “Taybeh Winery: Palestine”. Labelling the wine Palestinian will raise the cost of exporting the winery’s products to the international market due to a lack of bilateral trade agreements with Palestine. (MEE/Andre Dicenzo)

Canaan Khoury, Nadim's son and co-owner of the winery, pulls wine from a plexi wine “thief” - a long thin tube that is able to test the wine from the middle of the barrel. The device is also used to give samples of wine straight from the barrel to guests. (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)

Canaan Khoury inspects the new wine straight from the barrel in the winery’s showroom. (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)

Canaan Knoury pours a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon to a waiting guest (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)

Taybeh Winery welcomes guests from the community and surrounding areas to their first annual Taybeh Wine Festival. (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)

Guests enjoy their wine in the main showroom of the winery, as bottles of Nadim, the name of the wine, which means “drinking buddy” in Arabic, are proudly displayed along the wall. (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)

Security guards outside the main entrance to the Taybeh Golden Hotel where the event was held. (MEE/Andrea Dicenzo)