Posted at 21:42h in Wineries, Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments Although many wineries benefit from having their own vineyards, it can be restrictive if there’s a particularly challenging year. Ultimately you need to use what grapes you got, sell them or take a loss. Many winemakers shop year to year for their grapes on…
Posted at 19:58h in Wine industry by 2 Comments Boycott Israeli wine! No, really, start a boycott of Israeli wine! Have I gone nuts? Too much time in Israel has made me anti-Israel? No, rather, perhaps you should boycott Israeli wine because that will lead to more Israeli wine being bought! Does that…
Posted at 14:30h in Wine industry, Wineries, Wines by 4 Comments Carmel Winery has just announced the launch of its award-winning premium brandy, the Carmel 100. This quality Israeli brandy was aged for at least eight years in oak barrels. This new release of the Carmel 100 brandy is in honor of the hundredth anniversary of…
Posted at 17:10h in Wine industry by 0 Comments Mark Spivak, a wine reviewer who has written for the Palm Beach Post and Palm Beach Media Group, and other Florida and national magazines, and is the host of a wine show on NPR, recently visited Israel. After not visiting Israel for over 15 years,…
Posted at 20:41h in Events by Avi 0 Comments Here are just a few photos from the Sommelier wine conference held last week in Tel Aviv. I will have a post about this amazing Israeli wine event next week. Pardon the quality as these photos were taken from my cell phone after my (fresh) camera batteries died.
Posted at 20:20h in Wineries by Avi 0 Comments Bat Shlomo Vineyards – Wine fit for a king When Baron Edmond de Rothschild first bought the land now known of as Bat Shlomo, he brought wine experts from France to school the Jewish pioneers in the art of grape-growing and winemaking, planting the original vineyards….
Posted at 00:01h in Wine industry, Wineries by 1 Comment Israeli Wine Direct is bringing some great winemakers to the US to introduce their wines to the American market. Definitely worth checking out! Zeev Smilansky of Meishar will be in Chicago June 8-9 (Sun-Mon). Golan Flam and several other Israeli winemakers will be at the Jewish Vintners…
Posted at 18:36h in Wine industry by Avi 4 Comments Israwinexpo is coming back! This biennial professional Israeli wine event first occurred in 2006, then again in 2008, and is now coming back to Tel Aviv. Israwinexpo, along with Sommelier, are the two top wine events in Israel. Open to the public only on February 10-11,…
Posted at 20:20h in Wineries by Avi 0 Comments Bat Shlomo Vineyards – Wine fit for a king When Baron Edmond de Rothschild first bought the land now known of as Bat Shlomo, he brought wine experts from France to school the Jewish pioneers in the art of grape-growing and winemaking, planting the original vineyards….
One of the best Israeli examples of my belief that wine can be called “philosophy in a bottle” is from the Recanati Winery. Israeli born and UC Davis trained Gil Shatsberg took over as the chief winemaker in 2008 and since then, he and his…
