Wine tasting is an important part of wine appreciating. I’ve long had a section on wine tasting. Now, the aptly named Wine Tasting Guy, a fellow passionate lover of Israeli wine, has a few videos about wine tasting and a taste of a recent release from Israel’s Dalton Winery that he tasted while visiting his […]
French food and Israeli wine are not a common combination. After all, when people think Israeli wine they often (wrongly) associate it only with kosher food – thus barring wine and food combinations like mahi in a shrimp sauce with Barkan’s chardonnay. Yet, one French restaurant — TriBeCa’s Capsouto Frères is making just such a […]
The Jerusalem Post reports that Dalton Winery is trying to “green” their winery and run a more environmentally-friendly operation. Wine already uses less water than traditional exports, like fruit. From the Post: Mar 18, 2009 15:19 Dalton Winery in Upper Galilee goes solar By EHUD ZION WALDOKS The Dalton Winery in the upper Galilee has […]
Israel is a world leader in high tech. Your computer’s firewall and the firewall that protects your home and corporate network was invented by an amazing Israeli company named CheckPoint. Your computer’s CPU is most likely an Intel chip that was significantly developed by Intel’s R&D centers in Israel. Your USB disk was invented […]
In Daniel Rogov’s weekly column in Ha’aretz he reviews some of the best wines of 2009. Chateau Golan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Royal Reserve 2005: Almost impenetrably dark garnet in color, this wine is both concentrated and elegant. A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Cabernet Franc, opening with spicy, mocha-tinged blackcurrants, those yielding to blackberries, […]
The Jewish holidays are a great time to find lots of Israeli wine – even if you aren’t Jewish. Rosh Hashana and Sukkot, two great feasting holidays, are coming up soon (Rosh Hashana begins this year on the night of September 29 and lasts two days) and this is a great chance to buy kosher […]
The latest Ha’aretz review from Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov. This time, on what he calls good values in local wines. Note that all the prices are the Israeli local price and not abroad. Are the non-kosher wines available in the US beyond those carried by Israeli Wine Direct? Wine and Spirits / Best deals […]
Israeli wine made from the Barbera grape are becoming more and more popular. Several new wineries have been introducing this Mediterranean varietal into their wines. Originally seen only by Dalton and Recanati, Galil Mountain has also recently introduced an Israeli Barbara. Barbera is not known much outside of Italy, but it is one of the […]
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 the permalink to it — check it out! Here is […]
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 I think is even more important. But, unless you live […]
Israel’s Upper Galilee is one of the best areas to make wine. Dalton Winery was founded in 1993 by Mat Haruni and is consistently making high quality wines at reasonable prices. In fact, Daniel Rogov writes that “Dalton has earned a consistently good name for high quality wines, providing excellent value for money.” It is […]
Stay tuned for more photos, a write up and more, of my recent visit to a handful of Israeli wineries. In the meantime, here’s a preview of Dalton’s barrel room.
