Posted at 17:17h in Wineries by Avi 0 Comments Not sure what to get for the wine lover for Christmas? Want to show appreciation to the Jewish wine lover? Just looking for a great gift for the New Year? Rogov’s annual wine guide, Rogov’s Guides to Israeli & Kosher Wines 2011, — now including… Posted at 13:00h in Wine 101, Wines by Avi 0 Comments This article originally appeared on wines-israel.co.il and is reprinted with permission. Sparkling wines have become […]

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Posted at 11:48h in Wine industry, Wineries by 1 Comment Carmel Winery has made a revolution in sparkling wine and added a new value-priced quality offering to the small Israeli sparkling wine market. They are abolishing the President’s Wine, a cheap (but refreshing) sparkler, and are introducing a new, higher quality offering. The Carmel Private Collection… Posted at 12:00h in Events by 1 Comment On Wednesday and Thursday, June 25th and 26th, Israel’s Wine and Gourmet Magazine will be sponsoring […]

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Posted at 03:13h in Wine industry, Wineries by Avi 1 Comment In 1884, a year before his death, Sir Moses Montefiore, then 100 years old, made his last donation to the new village of Rishon le Zion, birth place of the modern Israel wine industry. Over 100 years later a young Englishman with blue eyes made aliyah… Posted at 12:09h in Kosher, Wines by Avi 0 Comments The following is a guest post by Adam Montefiore, the Ambassador of Israeli Wine […]

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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 11:07h in Events, Featured, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments The third edition of The Wine Route of Israel has been published by Cordinata. The book is the most comprehensive overview of the Israeli […]

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Posted at 11:45h in Wineries by 0 Comments Check out this fascinating video with Gary Vaynerchuk and Kevin Rose of Digg giving the basics of wine tasting and wine tasting. Topics covered including corkscrews, decanting, wine fridges, and other topics. Check it out! … Posted at 21:11h in Wine industry by 2 Comments I have written previously about Israeli Wine Direct and the important work Richard Shaffer and his team are doing to bring small-quantity Israeli wine into the United […]

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Posted at 22:17h in Kosher, Reviews by Avi 4 Comments Wine Spectator is currently holding its 2009 Video Content and 9 finalists have been announced. Among the video finalists is a little known wine critic named Daniel Rogov talking about wine from a little known wine region called ISRAEL. Unfortunately, I can’t embed the video but… Posted at 17:55h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments Jerusalem.com has an interview with Dan Vered, owner of the Jerusalem Wine and Art […]

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Posted at 22:46h in Featured, Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments The fourth edition of the book ‘The Wine Route of Israel’ has just been published. The last edition was published as long ago as nearly four years ago, so the content has been updated to reflect what has happened since then. The new edition has the same attractive vine leaf design in green, as before. It may be identified by the small barrel in the top right hand corner […]

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Posted at 14:35h in Wine industry, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments Earlier this month, Adam Montefiore published a list of top wine resources in his Jerusalem Post column. Looking for last-minute gifts, here are some recommendations: Wines of Israel The Ultimate Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines Wine Route of Israel The Bible of Israeli Wines as well as several websites. Notably, this… Posted at 19:30h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments Al-Manar has a translation of an article written […]

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Posted at 10:24h in Reviews, Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments While the Israeli wine revolution was started by what’s today a large winery and continued with the work of other large wineries (Tishbi, etc.), it was pushed by the later growth of smaller wineries like Margalit and Castel. As a result, of course, large wineries… Posted at 21:16h in Wineries by 0 Comments My wife and in-laws went to Tishbi Winery, but, well, I didn’t. So I’ll just have […]

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Posted at 18:10h in Wine industry by 0 Comments Quick heads up that the Wine Advocate tastings on Israeli wines have just been released. The magazine was just mailed yesterday morning, so it should be arriving in subscriber’s mailboxes shortly and the article will be on the eRobert Parker site (only accessible to subscribers… Posted at 16:33h in Events, Wine industry by 0 Comments Israeli wine just got a bit of attention in Canada. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along […]

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