I’ve written about Israeli wine from Biblical Times until the 1990s. Here’s Israeli wine from the last decade: Now is the time to look back at the 2000’s, as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close. It was a very good decade for Israeli wines. The boutique boom that began in the 1990’s continued. There are now hundreds of small wineries making wine on a domestic basis. Israel received third party recognition for improved quality at […]

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Israel’s Wine and Gourmet magazine recently published an article by Israeli wine writer and TV personality Meni Peer about Adam Montefiore, Carmel Winery’s Wine Development Directory and the ‘Ambassador of Israeli Wines.’ This is a translation of that article (reprinted with permission): Montefiore Returns To London Big Time by Meni Peer When Adam Montefiore of Carmel Winery received the prize for ‘The Best Wine’ of its category for Kayoumi Shiraz, at The Royal Opera House in London, he felt that […]

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It doesn’t happen too often and definitely less than most people might imagine but I don’t typically drink much wine recreationally at home…alone. It can be a dangerous habit to get into and raised as a thrifty New Englander I’m resistant to open a bottle if I’d have to take a few sips and throw it out or use it for cooking. I can’t drink all the wine I’m given, swallow it and still write coherently. That being said I […]

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Tel Aviv Wine Festival this week…Wednesday March 6th & Thursday March 7th (NIS 70 at the door or NIS 50 by phone: 054-437-9144 or 054-225-0144) at ZOA (Zionist Organization of America) at corner of Ibn Gvirol & Daniel Frisch 6PM t0 11 PM featuring about 30 Israeli wineries offering about 100 wines to taste… a great price for a great night…for the price of two glasses at a wine bar you can taste more wines than you could possibly imagine […]

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Here is the details on Israwinexpo for those who will be in Israel at the end of February: The exposition is to take place at the Israel Trade Fair and Convention Center. Sponsored by the magazine Wine, Gourmet and Alcohol, Grape Man and Wine Center and with the backing of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Export Institute and the Grape Growers’ Association the fair is scheduled for visits by those invited from abroad as well as locals in the trade […]

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JERUSALEM, Sept. 10, 2008 — Eli Gilbert Ben-Zaken, the founder of Domaine du Castel, one of the world’s most prominent wineries, had a gut feeling that Monday was the perfect time to harvest his grapes. “I imagine a lot of the smaller wineries are harvesting with a scientific method and not a gut feeling. But, we are definitely operating under a gut instinct,” Ben-Zaken told ABCNews.com. “The decision of the day of the harvest is so important. It’s irreversible and […]

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The World Cup is here. No, not of soccer, but rather of wine. The Grape Thinking blog “A better way to think about wine” and Taste Vine, a new Web 2.0 app that creates “taste semantic recommendations”, have launched the World Cup of Wine. In their own words: WCOW is a competition that allows you to submit a wine from any country to be reviewed and promoted, based on popularity, to the Final Faceoff. The purpose is to promote internationalism […]

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The Tishbi Winery recently released their newest addition to their Single Vineyard series their 2007 Tishbi Single Vineyard Old Vine Carignan. This 100% Carignan is from their 45 year old vineyards in Shefaya from which the Tishbi’s got their Hebrew name (an acronym in Hebrew) from renown Israeli poet Chaim Nacham Bialek which stands for “a resident of Shefaya in Israel”. With only 13% alcohol, low for an Israeli red wine, its well balanced between its alcohol, its fruit and […]

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As Israeli wines continue to win international awards and recognition, Israeli wineries have found new ways to stress and market quality over quantity. Even though the largest wineries have taken similar steps to improve their wines every year, often the way they bring these wines to market differ. The Carmel, Yarden and Tishbi wineries have all offered single vineyard wines that emphasize that these wines come from their best vineyards out of the dozens if not hundreds they have to […]

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The third edition of The Wine Route of Israel has been published by Cordinata. The book is the most comprehensive overview of the Israeli wine industry to date. This coffee table book contains over 250 pages in full color, with photographs of wineries, winemakers, vineyards and wines. It will be an excellent gift to the wine lover, the connoisseur and to those wishing to get to know the Israeli wine scene. The book is dedicated to Daniel Rogov, z”l, Israel’s […]

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