‘Wines of Israel’ is a new book published by Cordinata, which is being launched at Succot. It is really the little sister of the larger format coffee table book, The Wine Route of Israel. ‘Wines of Israel’ is in an attractive, compact, concise and practical guide giving an insight into the wines and wineries of Israel. It features 100 wineries ranging from the large well-known commercial wineries to the small little known garagistes. The text is brief but informative and […]

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On Friday March 2nd 2012 it snowed in Yatir Forest. Yatir Forest is Israel’s largest planted forest. The vineyards of Yatir Winery lie within the forest at an elevation of 600 to 900 meters above sea level. Yatir Forest is the meeting place between the Judean Hills, Judean Desert and Negev desert. It is this unique terroir which contributes to the award winning wines produced by Yatir Winery.

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Recanati Winery in Emeq Hefer (in the Industrial Park off Rt. 4) Plenty of food (dairy) and a wide selection of wine for 40 NIS at the winery. Friday June 1st 10am to 3pm. White Red Nights Festival 2012 June 4th-7th, 2012 This is an international festival, focusing on wine, music and cuisine. The festival is produced by the leading production and event management company, “Arnon Paz”, in cooperation with “Avi Ben” wine stores and “Shahar Wine Stores”, which has […]

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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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Wherever Jews have resided, there has always been home based wineries making wine for the Kiddush sanctification of the Sabbath. For the required blessing, grape beverages are necessary. Apart from a regular wine, either raisin wine or even grape juice is also suitable according to Jewish traditions, being regarded by Jewish law with the same reverence as wine. Jewish agricultural laws, with regard to vineyards in the Land of Israel, go back to the Biblical times. The Kosher wine laws […]

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A new updated wine map has been produced in English, called The Israeli Wine Map. It features a hundred of the best wineries of Israel from the northernmost Odem Mountain Winery, in the northern Golan Heights, all the way down to the Derech Eretz Winery, in the deepest Negev Desert. It runs from A to Z, or from ‘Adir to Zion’. It covers the wine routes of the Golan Heights, Upper & Lower Galilee, Mount Carmel, Sharon Plain, Judean Plain, […]

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David Rhodes is the only guy I’ll call the Israeli wine guy besides myself. He’s definitely one of my favorite Israeli wine guys — and a neighbor to boot. David was just on Gary Vaynerchuk’s Sirius radio, talking about Israeli wine. Listen to David on Gary’s show: Download Now.

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Segal Argaman 2007 from Dovev Vineyard in the Upper Galilee, has won the equivalent of a Gold Medal at ‘Les Citadelles du Vins’ Competition held in Bordeaux, France. Argaman is a cross between Carignan and Souzao, a Portuguese variety. Avi Feldstein, winemaker of Segal Wines, produced a single vineyard wine from Argaman grapes grown in a vineyard in the Upper Galilee, which created new interest in the Argaman grape. Now the wine has won this prestigious award. Segal Wines is […]

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This week is one of my favorite wine events of the year (although as I recently moved to a suburb of Tel Aviv, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it)… the Jerusalem wine festival at the Israel Museum! From Daniel Rogov’s post: The annual wine festival held in the sculpture garden of the Israel Museum has, since its inception six years ago, proven to be one of the most pleasant wine events of the year, attracting wine […]

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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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