Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate 3, Mar 2010 Share The Wine Advocate, owned by Robert Parker, the world’s most famous & influential wine critic, has again tasted wines from Israel. This is encouraging because Israel now seems to appear at least once a year in a formal tasting. It was not so long ago that Israel was off the Parker radar. However today that has […] In: Wine industry| Wineries Tags: Carmel, Castel, Clos de Gat, Galil Mountain Winery, […]

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Israeli Sommelier in London 27, Mar 2010 Share The term ‘Sommelier’ is the one of the most abused words in the Israel wine scene. Anyone who serves wine in a restaurant is referred to as a sommelier and people who complete wine courses also use the term loosely. Of course, a real sommelier is something virtually unknown in Israel. The genuine article will have […] In: Wine industry Tags: Sommelier

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Best Values for Israeli Wine 15, Mar 2010 Share This was the second year of the Best Value competition, organized by Studio Ben Ami. There were 128 wines in the competition from 28 Israeli wineries. The main category was for wines less than 79 shekels and there were also prizes for wines under 50 shekels. The results were announced at the David InterContinental Hotel in […] In: Wineries| Wines Tags: Barkan, Ben Haim, Carmel, Gamla, Golan, Mt. Odem, Odem, Recanati, […]

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Adam Montefiore: The Ambassador of Israeli Wine 25, Mar 2010 Share In 1884, a year before his death, Sir Moses Montefiore, then 100 years old, made his last donation to the new village of Rishon le Zion, birth place of the modern Israel wine industry. Over 100 years later a young Englishman with blue eyes made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel. The great, great grandson of Moses Montefiore’s […]

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13 Dec 2008 One of my new favorite Israeli wineries comes from a kibbutz not far from Jerusalem. Tzuba Winery is based at Kibbutz Tzuba in the Judean Hills. It’s first release was only from the 2005 vintage. While that vintage was quite enjoyable, this year’s releases (of the 2006 and 2007 vintages) are absolutely amazing and a great price. Only available in Israel, Tzuba is just another hidden gem of unique and excellent wines only available to visitors in […]

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