Posted at 20:00h in Reviews, Wine industry by 0 Comments Daniel Rogov has posted (a few days ago, sorry!) his list of the best Israeli wines for 2007. These aren’t necessarily the best Israeli wines ever, he points out, but rather the best wines that he has tasted in 2007. The kosher wines are marked with a “K” for those who are interested. The following list, of the very best Israeli wines that I tasted during 2007, includes primarily wines […]

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Posted at 16:36h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments Stay tuned for more photos, a write up and more, of my recent visit to a handful of Israeli wineries. In the meantime, here’s a preview of Dalton’s barrel room.

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Posted at 15:24h in Grapes, Wine industry by David Rhodes 1 Comment Not too long ago you may recall some rave reviews by me about some Recanati wines. Generally speaking I think they are consistently one of the best commercial wineries in Israel so when I heard they were releasing a new wine I was excited for the opportunity to taste what they crafted and when I found out it was a new single varietal to the Israeli wine portfolio, […]

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Posted at 21:00h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Check out this clip on Roni Saslove, winemaker and manager of The Tasting Room, one of the newest wineries that opened up in Tel Aviv’s renovated Sarona complex. A great place to visit in a beautiful setting, only a few steps from Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Center and business district. The Tasting Room is probably the best wine shop in Israel to get a wine tasting. In addition, I’ve had the pleasure to […]

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Posted at 21:49h in Wineries, Wines by Avi 1 Comment It’s almost the end of 2009 and so the young 2009 vintage wines are soon coming out. While it’s traditional for the boujealais Gamay to be the first of the harvest, young white wines are sometimes also released aroudn the same time. Golan Moscato 2009 is a white dessert wine, young, fresh, and light to drink. In the Moscato d’Asti style, the wine has a low alcohol content and it […]

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Posted at 00:45h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments As some of my first posts showed, my core interests have always been wine marketing and the business of wine. Whether it’s a post on wine sales in Israel or my second post on Marketing to the Millenials, the topic of business and wine have…

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Posted at 00:45h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments As some of my first posts showed, my core interests have always been wine marketing and the business of wine. Whether it’s a post on wine sales in Israel or my second post on Marketing to the Millenials, the topic of business and wine have…

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Posted at 19:51h in Wine 101, Wine industry by 0 Comments One of the topics of this blog will be the young wine drinker, the late Gen X and the Millenial (1975-legal drinking age). I just received an e-mail from Gary Vaynerchuk, the brash, pedestrian, young host of Wine Library TV, a video podcast about wine, and Director of Operations at his father’s megaliquor store, Wine Library, in New Jersey about an article about Wine 2.0 in CNN. Wine 2.0 […]

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Posted at 12:26h in Events by 0 Comments With President Bush gone, I can finally return to blogging (because, ya know, we spent so much time together… well, just as his motorcade passed and roads were closed). As it seems like I’ve got readers both from Israel and the United States, I will post a few wine events going on over the next week. They sound interesting.  15 January – Dalton Celebrates 12th Anniversary Dalton Winery, already very established in […]

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Posted at 18:30h in Wine 101 by 0 Comments From WikiHow Steps Look at the wine, especially around the edges. Tilting the glass a bit can make it easier to see the way the color changes from the center to the edges. Holding the glass in front of a white background, such as a napkin, tablecloth, or sheet of paper, is another good way to make out the wine’s true color. Look for the color of the wine and the […]

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