Although white wines have lost favor to red wines over the last few decades, they still have their place behind a bar or on restaurant wine lists or your wine fridge. As summer approaches, warm or even sweltering weather begs for chilled drinks and there’s no white wine grape more widely planted or in greater demand by patrons than Chardonnay. That’s not to say all Chardonnay’s are created equal or that if you find one Chardonnay you like you’ll also […]

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Posted at 14:10h in Kosher, Reviews by 0 Comments It’s no secret, the economy is not in good shape. This is true whether you are in the United States, Europe, Israel, or wherever. This is something we all know, and, personally, one of the reasons why I haven’t been updating this blog as often as I would have liked. However, there is still reason to drink wine – whether religious, social, or whatever. In that regard, Daniel Rogov’s latest column […]

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Carmel is Wine Enthusiast’s Editors’ Choice No less than three Carmel Appellation wines have scored 90 points in the Wine Enthusiast, and in addition, each wine was also awarded the prestigious ‘Editor’s Choice’. The wines were as follows: Appellation Cabernet Sauvignon, Upper Galilee, Carmel Winery 2009                                     90 points & Editors’ Choice Appellation Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz, Upper Galilee, Carmel Winery 2009     […]

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Posted at 17:27h in Wine industry, Wineries by 2 Comments Ella Valley is another excellent terroir-driven winery that is making excellent wines in Israel. Ella Valley, founded in 1997 on Kibbutz Netiv Lamed Hay, produced around 150,000 bottles for the 2006 vintage. Run by French-trained winemaker Doron Rav Hon, the grapes all come from nearby vineyards and are harvested at night, to ensure high quality. The area of Ella Valley were harvesting wine for thousands of years. When they did […]

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Posted at 12:08h in Events by Avi 0 Comments The Zichron Ya’akov Ramat HaNadiv Wine Festival is returning on March 25-26 Come get a taste of the Carmel’s culinary wealth, and meet the creative folk behind the food scene at the first Winefest ever held in Ramat Hanadiv’s magnificent gardens. In early April, dozens of wineries from the Carmel region will gather here to present their collections; alongside the wines will be mouth-watering cheeses, olive oils, chocolates, and other temptations […]

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In addition to focusing on Israeli wine, I want to provide some basic instructions for new wine drinkers, perhaps of the Millenial Generation. I’ve seen too many people either filling up their wine to the brim or just drinking wine as if it were a soft drink, that it’s worth emphasizing some basic – and also more advanced – points. As I have repeatedly said, I’m not critic and others have far more refined palates than me, but there are […]

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Posted at 11:36h in Wineries by David Rhodes 0 Comments    With close to 300 wineries to write about, often meeting with wine makers and winery executives is based upon unexpected opportunities as much as who I want to talk to on any given day. So when I was invited to interview Motty Teperberg at the Teperberg Winery in the Judean Hills outside Beit Shemesh, I took advantage of the opportunity to talk with the CEO and owner of Israel’s […]

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Posted at 15:43h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Read the full article in Ha’aretz Often thought to be a bland, compromise candidate for a meal including both fish and red meat, rosé wines are finally getting the popular attention they deserve. By Noga Tarnopolsky | May 7, 2015 It’s finally spring and we’re in the pink: pink blossoms, pink sunsets, pink wine. Rosé wines to be precise, which range in color from the palest tint of old rose powder to an […]

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Posted at 15:16h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Did you know that a single grape can contain all the aroma compounds of all fruit and vegetables, combined? Or that the exceptionally high levels of resveratrol found in Israeli Merlot can help you live longer? David Rhodes meets multiple award-winning inventor Professor Oded Shoseyov, who co-founded the Bravdo label at the Karmei Yosef Winery with Professor Ben Ami Bravdo in 1999. They discuss: What role does aroma play in taste? […]

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Posted at 17:24h in Kosher, Wine industry by 2 Comments Jewish holidays are full of wine. On Shabbat, evening and morning, Jews say the kiddush (sanctification) blessing over wine. On Jewish holidays, we also say the blessings over wine. However, on one holiday, it really is all about wine — on Passover, in addition to the holiday meals during the day and the last day or two (2 days outside of Israel, 1 in Israel) of the week-long holiday, Jews […]

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