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(For the thread, go to Daniel Rogov’s wine forum) Daniel Rogov recently visited the Israeli boutique winery of Vitkin. Here are his thoughts and tasting notes for the recent and soon-to-be releases of this Israeli winery. Established by Doron and…
Israeli wine’s first Malbec The French make Malbec as a blending agent, but it’s far better known as a distinctive Argentinian wine. But now, Israel’s first varietal Malbec has arrived in Israel. The ever improving Teperberg 1870 has just released a Malbec…
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SCOOP: The latest issue of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate has a new tasting of Israeli wines by Mark Squires. This is important because it means that the Wine Advocate is paying continued attention to Israeli wine. As I said, the secret’s out. Israeli wine is…
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In this week’s Ha’aretz, Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov tastes wines from the Alexander Winery, Gat Shomron Winery, and Tishbi winery. Wine and Spirits / Greats from Alexander By Daniel Rogov Located on Moshav Beit Yitzhak in the Sharon region, the Alexander winery, founded in 1996 by Yoram…
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Note: I meant to publish this early last week, but for technical reasons, this post never got published. My apologies. By Daniel Rogov As every November, tomorrow dozens of wine stores from Paris to Rio de Janeiro will celebrate the first wines of the 2008 Beaujolais harvest. Beaujolais…
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Israel’s only Beaujolais-style wine is the Golan Gamay Noveau. The Golan Gamay Noveau is the Golan Heights Winery’s first red wine from the 2008 vintage. The wine, just like those in the Beaujolais region of France, comes from 100% Gamay grapes, that came from the Tel…
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Those who follow me on Twitter @hakerem will know that Robert Parker released his annual guide to wine, Parker’s Wine Buyers Guide, 7th Edition, in early October. Parker’s guide is a list of some of the world’s best wines (at least according to Robert Parker…
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Last week, Daniel Rogov unveiled his annual Guide to Israel Wines at Tel Aviv’s Wine Route. Unfortunately, due to horrible traffic, it took me longer-than-anticipated to reach Tel Aviv and I only arrived after the event was over. Nevertheless, the Israeli food portal Bakbuk was there…
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Daniel Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines keeps on getting bigger and bigger. Rogov’s 2009 Guide to Israeli Wines, released last Thursday, is the largest guide yet to Israel’s growing wine industry. While the 2008 guide, including a chapter on wine storage not appearing in the…
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That which cheereth God and man By Daniel Rogov During the two-week period preceding Rosh Hashanah, Israelis purchase 40 percent of all the wine that is sold during the entire year. It’s not that people go on drinking binges during this time of year, but fine wine…
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Fine Wines from a Bomb Shelter …
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Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Report 2009, to be released in October, lists no less than twenty six wineries. This international guide provides a comprehensive survey of wineries from around the world: France, United States, England, Cyprus, and, of course, Israel. Hugh Johnson’s Wine Report is…
