Posted at 22:50h in Events by David Rhodes 0 Comments
Sunday April 1st (No Fooling!!!) 7 PM to 8PM wine tasting and art gallery opening at Brill’s New Judaica Art Gallery Rechov Ahuza 111 50 NIS (FREE with purchase of any wine bottle) featuring the newly kosher wine of the Saslove Winery (at discounted prices for Pesach) 2010 was their…
Posted at 18:13h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments
By Gamliel Kronemer, this article first appeared in The Jewish Week With oenophilia running in his famous family, Adam Montefiore has quickly become the unofficial spokesman for Israel’s wine industry. Just don’t ask him to grade a bottle. In a glass by himself: From London’s largest brewery…
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…
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 wine critic. Mark Squires, a specialist in Israeli wines and part of Parker’s team, did the tasting. Three of their wines scored…
Posted at 10:35h in Kosher, Wines by David Rhodes 1 Comment
When you have family or friends over for Passover so its easy to have a dozen or a few dozen people at the table. Why not make it more interesting and serve several wines as you fill your required four glasses (and for some of…
The small Israeli wine world is in shock at the premature, untimely death of Tsina Avidan, the owner and winemaker of Avidan Winery, one of the country’s most up and coming, fastest improving boutique wineries. A boutique winery should almost by definition be characterful and highly…
Syrah is a grape native to France’s Rhône Valley, I believe this varietal has great potential to be among those most appropriate to showcase Israel’s unique terroir (in my opinion, Grenache, Carignan and Cabernet Franc also top that list of potentials). However, as Syrah…
Posted at 12:45h in Wineries by Avi 1 Comment
On Friday March 2nd 2012 it snowed in Yatir Forest. Yatir Forest is Israel’s largest planted forest. The vineyards of Yatir Winery lie within the forest at an elevation of 600 to 900 meters above sea level. Yatir Forest is the meeting place between the…
Posted at 21:36h in Wineries, Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments
Recently, I attended a press release in Tel Aviv of Binyamina Reserve wines for 2012. First we tasted the 2011 Binyamina Reserve Gewurztraminer with a suggested retail price of 64 NIS. With 12 grams of sugar/liter, this semi-dry wine is proof positive why Gewurztraminer is becoming…
Posted at 10:23h in Wine industry by David Rhodes 0 Comments
As far as I know, I was the only wine writer to attend all three days of the Israwinexpo 2012 in Tel Aviv. I’m not bragging (OK maybe I am a little). It was a delight but also a test of endurance. There was about…
Posted at 08:57h in Events, Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments
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…
