Wine Web | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

13, May 2008 Share Tweet Anyone who knows me knows that one of my passions is wine marketing and especially emerging technologies and wine marketing. Well, not entirely emerging (although I do remember first surfing the web in the 1990s and reading Tom Friedman’s The World is Flat – one of my new favorite books — brought back […]

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Website | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

13, May 2008 Share Tweet Anyone who knows me knows that one of my passions is wine marketing and especially emerging technologies and wine marketing. Well, not entirely emerging (although I do remember first surfing the web in the 1990s and reading Tom Friedman’s The World is Flat – one of my new favorite books — brought back […]

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WWW | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

13, May 2008 Share Tweet Anyone who knows me knows that one of my passions is wine marketing and especially emerging technologies and wine marketing. Well, not entirely emerging (although I do remember first surfing the web in the 1990s and reading Tom Friedman’s The World is Flat – one of my new favorite books — brought back […]

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Israeli winery Golan Heights Winery parties in Tel Aviv | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

Residents of Israel have occasion to celebrate. The revolutionary Golan Heights Winery, which is celebrating 25 years this year, is having a celebration at the Tel Aviv port between September 11-20. Golan Heights Winery will both pour those Israeli wines that are available at retailers and also open some special vintage wines from their library that are no longer available and even considered quite rare. There will also be all sorts of vertical and blind tastings. Wines will be poured […]

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Meet Israel’s grape growers | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

Ha’aretz Magazine has a profile about several of the farmers who are growing grapes for some of Israel’s best wineries. Check it out. Pleasure Hunting / In the shade of the vine By Ronit Vered A time to uproot Name: Eliezer Rushansky Place: Moshav Yonatan Vineyard: Yonatan Grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Sangiovese, Pinot Noir, Syrah Wine made from the vineyard”s grapes by Golan Heights Winery: Gamla Sauvignon 2005 Eliezer Rushansky holds the large clusters of Sangiovese grapes, from […]

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Michel Rolland Tastes Yatir | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

The following is from Israeli Wines and reprinted with permission ‘TASTED’ is arguably the finest wine magazine you will have seen in your life, or maybe even the most stylish of any magazine that you will ever see. Visually the photographs are sensational and lifelike. Each magazine is a collectors’ item, to be kept & browsed through, like the finest coffee table book. The magazine is published twice a year and there a various special editions such as the ‘New […]

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Domaine Venture | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

2, Nov 2009 Share Tweet I’ve previously blogged about the Jerusalem Wine Festival but I haven’t yet had a chance to attend the Tel Aviv Wine Festival which is held at the Tel Aviv Eretz Yisrael Museum, near Tel Aviv University. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera and my cell phone had one indicator left, so I didn’t […]

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Tel Aviv Wine Festival | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

I’ve previously blogged about the Jerusalem Wine Festival but I haven’t yet had a chance to attend the Tel Aviv Wine Festival which is held at the Tel Aviv Eretz Yisrael Museum, near Tel Aviv University. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera and my cell phone had one indicator left, so I didn’t want to waste the battery by taking pics. Tel Aviv’s wine festival differs in two main ways: it features less kosher wine and it doesn’t only feature […]

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The Wine Spectator Tastes Israel | HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

The Wine Spectator, the world’s most famous wine magazine, has again tasted Israeli wines. The results were featured in the magazine and on the website. The better scores are listed below. It is noticeable that Israel’s Mediterranean varieties such as Syrah/ Shiraz, Carignan and Petite Sirah seem to be featuring more and more strongly in tastings of Israeli wines. A few years ago tastings would only feature Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlot and Bordeaux style blends. There was also a creditable scores […]

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