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…
Check out Israeli wine’s best spokesperson Adam Montefiore on CNN Part I: Part II: …
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The Eshkol Hazahav wine tasting competition, has taken place for the tenth consecutive year. The Gala Dinner was held at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv. The number of wines taking part were 282, from 63 wineries. The tastings, which took place over four…
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Binyamina Winery has recently succeeded to get wines listed in both Tesco and Marks & Spencers. Tesco is the largest supermarket chain and wine retailer in the United Kingdom. Marks & Spencer’s is one of England’s most famous retailers specializing in clothing, food and wines. Tesco…
Carmel is Wine Enthusiast’s Editors’ Choice No less than three Carmel Appellation wines have scored 90 points in the Wine Enthusiast, and in addition, each wine was also awarded the prestigious ‘Editor’s Choice’. The wines were as follows: Appellation Cabernet Sauvignon, Upper Galilee, Carmel Winery 2009 …
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CNN’s Erin Burnett discovers Carmel Winery and a beautiful bottle of Carmel Appellation with, yes, a camel on the bottle. …
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This article first appeared on wines-israel.com and is reprinted with permission of the author. On Israel’s 64th Independence Day, it is worthwhile to look back at some of Israel’s most influential wines, which have helped to advance Israel’s image as a wine…
Recently, I participated in an unprecedented tasting of Israeli Cabernet Sauvignon wines in Tel Aviv in the garden of Chef Alon Gonen’s home. We had all been invited by wine writer Rani Rogel of Food & Beverage/Israel. Three panels of wine writers, enthusiasts and wine…
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This is a shortened list from a longer article for those who like lists rather than reading explanations. Some wines I consider the best of the expo, some sentimental favorites and some just intellectually stimulating and worth mentioning as being illustrative of emerging trends. A…
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…
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There are many winemakers and grape growers whose families have been involved in making Israeli wines for generations. The Margalits, the Sasloves, the TIshbis, the Shors and the Boxers are among many Israeli families that have passed their passion for wine making or cultivating from…
