(This originally appeared on Wines Israel) By: Adam Montefiore Lets destroy some popular misconceptions: Not all kosher wine is made in Israel and not all Israeli wine is kosher! Nowadays nearly every wine producing country in the world produces kosher wine and in Israel, just to be confusing, many of the newer, smaller wineries make non-kosher wine. However it is true to say that the majority of wine made in Israel is kosher. This should not be regarded as unusual. […]

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Heads up: Wine Advocate Released 22, Dec 2007 Quick heads up that the Wine Advocate tastings on Israeli wines have just been released. The magazine was just mailed yesterday morning, so it should be arriving in subscriber’s mailboxes shortly and the article will be on the eRobert Parker site (only accessible to subscribers and subscriptions cost $99, so I don’t have one) around […] In: Wine industry Tags: Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

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Exclusive: Israeli supermarket chain in negotiations to buy Binyamina Winery 27, Aug 2008 Binyamina Winery is for sale! The Israeli discount supermarket chain Chetzi Chinam is currently in negotiations to buy Israel’s fifth largest winery, Binyamina, according to the Israeli Hebrew press. This site is the first place to report this story in ENGLISH. According to the Israeli financial newspaper, Globes, the negotiation between the heads of Hetzi Hinam […] In: Wine industry Tags: Binyamina, Chetzi Chinam, winery sale

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Meet Roy Yitzhaki of Tulip Winery 24, Aug 2008 Ha’aretz’s Family Affair section in the weekend paper profiled Roy Yitzhaki, owner of Tulip Winery, last month. Yitzhaki, 30, started the winery while still in college (in his mid-20s), and also runs a marketing company with Saslove in Tel Aviv. Very interesting to see a true entrepreneur. Tulip, whose first release was only in 2004, […] In: Wine industry Tags: Tulip, Tulip Winery

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Passover – The Holiday of Wine 26, Mar 2009 I’ll post my updated comments (including some notes about Jewish law) for this year with my Passover wine recommendations later in the week. In the meantime, check out my recommendation last year and my great wine haggadah. America may have its Maxwell House haggadah, a great marketing piece to remind American Jews that coffee is kosher […] In: Kosher Tags: kosher, Passover

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13 Apr 2008 This is an excellent opportunity for non-Jews to explore Israeli wines!!!! In addition, given the kosher wine sales (and since Richard and the Clos de Gat are the only non-kosher Israeli wines in the US, that I know of) going on around Passover, I strongly suggest to my non-Jewish readers that now would be a great time both to go to your local large wine store and ask for Israeli wines and also go to a kosher […]

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Mark Squires on Israeli wine 8, Feb 2008 Richard, a nice American blogger who also shows the love to Israeli wine, interviewed Mark Squires on his blog Israel Wine Direct (the only other Israeli wine blog, but missing out on a ton since Richard’s in America – but he’s scheduled to bring great Israeli wine to American direct consumers). The interview is worth paying […]

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Robert Parker and Wine Advocate on Israeli wine 6, Dec 2007 It’s been an open secret that Wine Advocate (Robert Parker’s wine publication – a fellow Terp! but more importantly, the most famous wine critic) and Parker recently tasted Israel’s 100 best wines, as determined by a small group of critics/professionals. Well, there is a sneak preview on the Parker wine forum. First off, apparently the article […] How do you store your wine? 6, Dec 2007 How do you […]

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Carmel, Avidan, Pelter, Chateau Golan, Savion: Daniel Rogov’s Reviews 7, Aug 2008 Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov’s latest wine review in Ha’aretz continues the last post of Carmel’s rise in quality and includes numerous great Israeli wines. Read the full review here or below: Wine and Spirits / Critics’ darling By Daniel Rogov In recent months Israeli wines have become the darling of critics in the United States. Several months […]

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Champagne for the New Year (Sparkling wine for Sylvester) Take II 31, Dec 2007 A follow up to the below post. If you still can’t decide what sparkling wine to open tonight, here’s two tasting notes on the bubby from Daniel Rogov’s column in Ha’aretz:  Pelter, Blanc de Blanc Brut, n.v.: Although categorized as non-vintage, this wine was made with Chardonnay grapes entirely from the 2003 vintage. Gentle yeast and […]

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