Posted at 14:43h in Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments
The Judean Hills hosts its 16th Annual Wine Festival, Thursday Night at Mini-Israel starting at 730PM to go as late as 11PM.
Some Wines Are More Obvious than Others from the Judean Hills
Not only is it the longest continuous running annual wine event in Israel, it recognizes the Judean Hills as the most established wine appellation as it not only stresses wines made in the region but wines sourced from local grapes so guests can taste for themselves what makes this one of the most esteemed wine regions in Israel.
Cost of the event is 60 NIS, which is very reasonable considering the amount of premium wineries pouring which rarely can be found being poured elsewhere. As noted below, 12 of the wineries are kosher so someone who only wants to try kosher wines will have plenty to choose from and taste as most wineries will have at least 2-3 wines they’re pouring if not more. So if you have an ounce of each (if you’re swallowing) that’s 24 to 36 tastes or about one to one and half bottles of wine. Quite a deal for 60 NIS (about $17) as a taster or imbiber. Of course, if you’re open to tasting both the kosher and non kosher there’s more wine than you’re liver can handle so do what I do and try one wine from each booth and then go back if you wish to try more if you have any time and constitution remaining.
Agur (K) Anatot Bar Giora Bravdo (K) Castel (K) Ella Valley (K) Kadma Katlav (K) Katz (K) Kela David Kerem Barak La Terra Promessa Latroun Mony (K) Navot Nevo (K) Seahorse Soreq Sphera Srigim Sternbach Teperberg 1870 (K) Tzora (K) Tzuba (K) Yaffo (K) Yehuda
Zafarim
Regional festivals are a great opportunity to really embrace and experience wines from one particular region and get a sense of what wines an area does best.
Come find your favorite wine, winery or style of wine from the Judean Hills whether its’s a white Chardonnay from Bravdo, Tzuba, Yaffo or Castel or Sphera or a red Blend from Katlav, Zafarim, Tzuba or La Terra Promessa you will find plenty of wines to choose from and no shortage of wines to praise.
David Rhodes can be reached at 053-432-9463 (053-HEB-WINE) or at [email protected]
