29, Sep 2008 Share Carmel Winery has just announced the launch of its award-winning premium brandy, the Carmel 100. This quality Israeli brandy was aged for at least eight years in oak barrels. This new release of the Carmel 100 brandy is in honor of the hundredth anniversary of Carmel Winery. Brandy Carmel 100 is made with Columbard […]
14, Sep 2008 Share A bit behind the times, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has the stereotypical “Israeli wines used to suck, now they are good story.” Focusing on Castel, a story I did two years ago. But, perhaps the most important as it’s the Jewish crowd that is most stuck on an image of Israeli wines from 30 […]
19, Sep 2008 Share From Ha’aretz, Daniel Rogov reviews the Israeli wines from Recanati, Yatir and Avidan. Wine and Spirits / Notable from Recanati By Daniel Rogov From its inception in 2000 to the present, the Recanati winery has offered a generous selection of wines, many of which have been consistently excellent. Located in the Hefer Valley in […]
8, Sep 2008 Share Mark Spivak, a wine reviewer who has written for the Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Media Group, and other Florida and national magazines, and is the host of a wine show on NPR, recently visited Israel. After not visiting Israel for over 15 years, Spivak was in for a shock. His past experience: […]
26 May 2009 As part of the 2009 Israel Festival, the wineries in the Jerusalem area will be holding a one-day festival on the beatiful campus of the Hebrew University, in the botanical gardens (I believe that this is the Givat Ram campus of Hebrew U, not Mt. Scopus). The festival will be Thursday June 4, beginning at 19:00 (7:00PM). Participating wineries include: Ella Valley Vineyard Tzuba Kella David Mony Zmora Agur Ben Hanna Hans Sternbach Katz Yehuda La Terra […]
28, Jul 2009 Share Want to learn how to taste wine the right way? Well, apparently a new group of Tel Aviv sommelier’s is hosting a new wine tasting class, probably one of the best Israel has to offer. I saw the following announcement: The Premier Cru Wine Academy is proud to present: The first complete wine course […] In: Events Tags: Tel Aviv, wine tasting
Vitkin Winery: Tasting notes from Daniel Rogov 6, Feb 2009 Share (For the thread, go to Daniel Rogov’s wine forum) Daniel Rogov recently visited the Israeli boutique winery of Vitkin. Here are his thoughts and tasting notes for the recent and soon-to-be releases of this Israeli winery. Established by Doron and Sharona Belogolovsky on Moshav Kfar Vitkin on the central Coastal Plain, this winery released […]
Israeli Wine Statistics (2009) 17, Feb 2009 Share (This information first appeared at Israeli Wines-Pride of Israel wines-israel.co.il) VINEYARDS Israel is usually regarded as being part of the Middle East. It may be more accurately considered as being situated in the Eastern Mediterranean, a region also referred to as the Near East or ‘The Levant.’ Climate: Mainly Mediterranean. Long , hot dry […]
Daniel Rogov on Ella Valley Vineyards 4, Feb 2009 Share (For Daniel Rogov’s original posting, go here) Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov is making his annual rounds and recently visited the kosher winery, Ella Valley Vineyards. I’ve previously written about the excellent wines from this Jerusalem-area vineyard and my previous visits. Note that the 2008 tastings were made from components, and so when it […]
