Sangiovene | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 14:55h in Events by 0 Comments As a follow up to my post below about beaujolais, I have some information on the Carmel Young Selected 2007. These extremely young wines, as in past years, will be a Muscato and a Carignon. There will also be several other releases of 2007 wines…

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Shiki Rauchberger | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 14:05h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments Few people have heard of Teperberg 1870 wine, and very little of it is available in the United States (although I did see some in Germany last year). Formerely Efrat Winery (but not located in the city of Efrat), Teperberg has been producing wine since…

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Rishon L’Tzion | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 21:01h in Wine industry by Avi 1 Comment (The following article is reprinted from wines-israel and reprinted with permission) Talk about the Rothschilds and you will automatically think of finance, the arts and philanthropy. However scratch below the surface and wine, the Jewish community and Israel comes to the fore as an…

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Petite Sirah | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 17:58h in Wine industry, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Petite Sirah was a new immigrant to Israel in the 1970’s. It came in a package ordered by Charles Loinger, the director of the Israel Wine Institute, from UC Davis. Partners in the same journey were French Colombard and Emerald Riesling. The impact of those two… Posted at 16:03h in Wine industry by Avi 2 Comments (The following is a guest post from Irene Sharon Hodes, reprinted with permission) […]

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Mt. Carmel Wine Route | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 19:55h in Wine 101, Wine industry by Avi 1 Comment This article first appeared on wines-israel.co.il and is reprinted with permission The whole Mount Carmel area has been under international focus since the fierce fires devastated Carmel Forest, the Carmel National Park and the surrounding area. Mt. Carmel is the north east extension of the Shomron mountains. It is a place where the mountains and the Mediterranean meet. The mountain range rises to a height of 1,800 feet […]

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Shabbat | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 18:37h in Kosher by 0 Comments As a follow up to Friday’s post about how Shabbat provides an excellent opportunity for all – Jew, non Jew, religious, non-religious – to experience new wines and explore one’s personal tastes, I mentioned that I was serving the Galil Mountain 2006 Merlot. Just to… Posted at 16:08h in Kosher by 0 Comments For many years kosher and Israeli wine (which were essentially equivalent until the past 1-2 decades, as Israeli wine […]

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holiday | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 16:08h in Kosher by 0 Comments For many years kosher and Israeli wine (which were essentially equivalent until the past 1-2 decades, as Israeli wine was all kosher until the boutique revolution of the 1990s) had a justifiably bad name as sweet, sickly drink more suited for cost syrup but was…

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grape | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 16:00h in Wine industry by 0 Comments Israel’s Galilee offers world’s first pomegranate wine By Zev Stub September 10, 2006 If you’ve been to the supermarket lately, you’ve probably noticed that the hottest trend in the food industry is pomegranate products. Several years before the trend got started, a family in Israel’s Upper…

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Metsuda Shiraz | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 22:00h in Wine industry, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments I’m not the only enthusiast for Israeli wine here in the Holy Land. And apparently someone’s a bigger fan of Gary V than myself (personally, I want to be the next Daniel Rogov or Robert Parker). Mitch Scheider, who has connections in the kosher wine world,…

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green wine | HaKerem: Israeli Wine

Posted at 09:46h in Wine industry by 0 Comments The Jerusalem Post reports that Dalton Winery is trying to “green” their winery and run a more environmentally-friendly operation. Wine already uses less water than traditional exports, like fruit. From the Post: Mar 18, 2009 15:19 Dalton Winery in Upper Galilee goes solar By …

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