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 it’s 12th wine fair. It will be taking place at the Eretz Israel Museum, which is near Tel Aviv University’s campus and the Diaspora Museum. New this year, it…
Posted at 10:25h in Reviews, Wineries by 1 Comment
It’s summer time and that means it’s time to break out the white wines — which are great deals too! In this week’s Ha’aretz, Israel’s premier wine critic Daniel Rogov tries a few whites. By Daniel Rogov In Israel, as in California, nearly all the locally made…
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If you use Facebook and love Israeli wine, then check out the new “Israeli wine” page on Facebook and become a fan. Help spread the word about this blog and about wine from the emerging eastern Mediterranean country of Israeli via viral Web 2.0 methods! Check…
Posted at 17:14h in Wine 101 by 1 Comment
We all know that wine has many health benefits (in moderation). It’s long been known that red wine can be good for the heart. But apparently, it’s also an effective remedy against food poisoning. According to research, first reported in October 2007, conducted at the University…
Posted at 17:04h in Wine industry by 4 Comments
Sorry that this video is in Hebrew — the point is that Israelis are drinking more and more quality wine and especially during Passover. Cabernet Sauvignon and other red wines are the most popular wines in Israel. [youtube=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DMFAeg8Hg”]…
Posted at 00:01h in Wine industry, Wineries by 1 Comment
Israeli Wine Direct is bringing some great winemakers to the US to introduce their wines to the American market. Definitely worth checking out! Zeev Smilansky of Meishar will be in Chicago June 8-9 (Sun-Mon). Golan Flam and several other Israeli winemakers will be at the Jewish Vintners…
Posted at 22:12h in Wineries by 1 Comment
In Daniel Rogov’s latest column in Ha’aretz, he tastes the interesting wine from Vitkin. This is a taste of Rogov’s thoughts: Assaf Paz, the winemaker at Vitkin Winery, is doing some pretty strange things. The winery, a family affair producing about 40,000 bottles annually, has refused…
Posted at 12:30h in Events by 1 Comment
In case you missed it. Not like the real thing (no tasting on the video!) but more reason to visit Israel next year and drink Israeli wine — or if you are here this summer, check out the Jerusalem wine festival! …
Posted at 21:56h in Wine industry, Wineries by 1 Comment
The latest (June 30) issue of the Wine Spectator has an article about Israeli wine as well as a travel piece on the Galilee, including food and wine. I haven’t yet seen the article yet, but the editor and author, Kim Marcus, also scores numerous Israeli…
Posted at 19:52h in Wineries by 0 Comments
Wine Spectator has a fascinating little video on Israeli wine (with a Dalton Chardonnay and a Clos De Gat red blend) from editor Kim Marcus. I can’t embed it but it’s currently on the Wine Spectator home page but this is what I think is…
Posted at 19:53h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments
It may not be Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, Decanter, or the Wine Spectator – all important industry publications that have recently covered or are about to cover Israeli wine – but there is a newspaper that just published an article about Israel’s Dalton Winery that…
