Since 2007, there have been annual tastings of Israeli wines by the Wine Advocate, the mouthpiece of Robert Parker, the world’s most influential wine critic. Mark Squires, who is the specialist on Israeli wines in Parker’s wine tasting team, did the tasting as usual. There were… Posted at 21:41h in Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Recanati Winery has gained some excellent scores in the Wine Advocate, the newsletter owned by Robert Parker. Robert Parker is the world’s most famous […]

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Psagot Winery is an interesting new winery located just outside of Jerusalem that is available in the United States. Daniel Rogov recently conducted his annual tasting of their wines and this is what he has to say about it: Located in the northern Jerusalem Mountains, overlooking Wadi Kelt (Nachal Prat), the winery was founded by Na’ama and Ya’akov Berg, who planted their first vineyards in 1998. In addition to a modern barrel cellar, some of the oak barriques are stored […]

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Posted at 16:39h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Mark Squires, who is in charge of reviewing Israeli wine for Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, has just alerted us that the April issue will feature many Israeli wines from wineries such as Castel, Recanati, Tzora, Chateau Golan, and even some old players like Amphorae. Check it out on eRobertParker.com soon.

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Posted at 22:02h in Wineries, Wines by David Rhodes 1 Comment When writing about Israel’s largest wineries, it’s fruitless to write about all their dozens of different wines in one article so its prudent to taste their wines throughout the year. At the Israwinexpo 2012 in February , the Golan Heights Winery featured several Chardonnays and Syrahs including their premium Single Vineyard selections. On March 16th, they offered up a wider array of Single Vineyard varietals at Wine Route stores […]

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