Posted at 16:25h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments Gat Shomron Winery, in Karnei Shomron, was one of the wineries at the Ra’anana Wine Festival and also was at Sommolier. Founded by Avigdor Sharon and Lior Nachum on the settlement of Karnei Shomron, not far from Kfar Saba, in 2003, this small winery released its first wines from that harvest in 2005. Grapes are sourced from the areas of Shomron and the Upper Galilee. Among their wines include two […]
Posted at 23:18h in Featured, Kosher, Wine industry by 4 Comments Carmel’s quality revolution is not over. In the past few years, Carmel Winery has made serious changes in management, viticulture, and structure. They created new excellent top level wines including the Appellation series which provides great value-for-money and the Single Vineyard smash hits. Slowly and unnoticed by us “wine snobs” their supermarket Selected and Private Collection brands have also significantly improved in quality. With the 2007 Private Collection series, […]
Posted at 19:25h in Reviews, Wine industry by 0 Comments It’s been an open secret that Wine Advocate (Robert Parker’s wine publication – a fellow Terp! but more importantly, the most famous wine critic) and Parker recently tasted Israel’s 100 best wines, as determined by a small group of critics/professionals. Well, there is a sneak preview on the Parker wine forum. First off, apparently the article will NOT be by Parker (this is a surprise!) but rather Mark Squires. More […]
Posted at 21:18h in Events, Kosher by Avi 0 Comments For the religiously observant who do not want to attend a wine festival that also has non-certified kosher wine, and a testament to the growing sophistication of even the more observant populations, a rival wine festival that consists of solely kosher wine is now also… Posted at 15:13h in Events, Kosher by Avi 2 Comments The following post was reprinted with permission by wines-israel.com The KFWE 2011 recently took place […]
Posted at 17:49h in Wine industry by Avi 2 Comments According to Daniel Rogov and his 2009 Guide to Israeli Wine, here are the Top Ten Up-and-Coming producers of wine in Israel: Pelter Tabor Assaf Odem Mountain Vitkin Savion Psagot Tulip Avidan Kadita …
I was happy to have the opportunity to attend the first (trade-only) day of IsraWine Expo and determined to take full advantage, arrived as early as possible for the opening press conference which included a talk by Adam Montefiore’s on the state of the Israeli… Posted at 21:27h in Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Discover the Psagot Winery … Posted at 15:13h in Events, Kosher by Avi 2 Comments The following post was reprinted with permission by wines-israel.com The […]
Posted at 21:18h in Events, Kosher by Avi 0 Comments For the religiously observant who do not want to attend a wine festival that also has non-certified kosher wine, and a testament to the growing sophistication of even the more observant populations, a rival wine festival that consists of solely kosher wine is now also…
Posted at 21:18h in Events, Kosher by Avi 0 Comments For the religiously observant who do not want to attend a wine festival that also has non-certified kosher wine, and a testament to the growing sophistication of even the more observant populations, a rival wine festival that consists of solely kosher wine is now also… I was happy to have the opportunity to attend the first (trade-only) day of IsraWine Expo and determined to take full advantage, arrived as early […]
Posted at 18:46h in Reviews, Wineries by GuestPost 0 Comments The ‘New Israel Wine Guide’ has published its preview. Interestingly, it lists ‘The Top Twenty Israeli Wines’, divided into red and white wines. The best two whites on the list were from the same winery. Tzora Winery’s Shoresh, a Sauvignon Blanc, and the Neve Ilan, a Chardonnay,… I was happy to have the opportunity to attend the first (trade-only) day of IsraWine Expo and determined to take full advantage, arrived […]
Posted at 12:38h in Events, Wine industry by 0 Comments Around the world, Twitter users are gathering together this weekend to support water in Africa. In a fundraising effort, proceeds from the event – taking place at numerous locations around the world – will go to support charity:water. One of these events to support water in Africa will be taking place in Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Twestival 2009 (12 February 2009, Jerusalem Venture Partner Media Labs – corner of Derech Hevron […]
