Posted at 19:39h in Wine industry, Wineries by GuestPost 0 Comments Carmel Winery has announced, with deep regret, the untimely death of Israel Ivzan (Ishkovitz) after a short but harsh illness. Ivzan, 58 years old, was Chairman of SCV des Grandes Caves and CEO of Carmel Winery. He was born in Haifa and graduated in economics and accountancy. In 1986 he was the founder of the company Aleph-Tav (Ishkovitz Tnuva), where he was chairman and CEO. In stages he sold […]

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Posted at 15:47h in Wine industry, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Read the full article in Ha’aretz and comment below. What do you think of the prices of Israeli wines? It’s not the demands of kashrut, it’s simply the growing pains of a young industry in a small domestic market. By Noga Tarnopolsky How much are you willing to spend on a bottle of special-occasion wine? I’ve been putting this question to friends and acquaintances around the world, and responses have […]

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Posted at 09:36h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Daniel Rogov has posted his list of Israel’s top wines for the past year – Top Israeli Wines for 2010 and 2011. Here is his list of best Israeli wines. What do you think?

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Posted at 18:49h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments From ynetnews.com: Adam Montefiore Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik Israeli world-class wines – it’s now official! For the first time ever, two Israeli wineries, Domaine du Castel and Yarden (Golan Heights Winery), have been awarded the coveted four star awards Adam Montefiore Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2008 has been published and it contains good news for Israel. For the first time ever, two Israeli wineries, Domaine du Castel and Yarden (Golan […]

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Posted at 15:50h in Kosher, Wine industry by 2 Comments This weekend is the little-known Jewish holiday of Tu B’Av, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av. This unique holiday is not one marked by fasting, or extra praying, or lighting candles or other similar rituals. Rather, this day marks love and is celebrated by eating good food and drinking summer wine. Whether Jewish or not, it’s a great opportunity to drink wine from Israel. Tu B’Av is not […]

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Posted at 12:11h in Wine industry by Avi 2 Comments The following article is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission. In a brilliant and original marketing ploy, a new wine has been launched which is totally secret. So secret it has no name, no variety, no story on the back label. Even the winery is unknown. All there is to go by is a QR code, which can be read by a smart phone, which leads to the secret wine […]

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Posted at 20:49h in Events, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments Mr. Binyamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, received a nice surprise when he recently visited the Windmill at Mishkenot Shaananim & Yemin Moshe in Jerusalem. He was presented with a bottle of Carmel Limited Edition 2007 in a special gift box, by Adam Montefiore of Carmel Winery. The Mayor of Jerusalem and Ambassador of Holland looked on. They were standing inside the Montefiore Windmill, built by Moses Montefiore, which […]

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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 us several more). Serve them in the order listed to pair well with traditional Passover dishes. 2009 Tishbi Brut (85 NIS) Sparkling wines are […]

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Posted at 14:27h in Events, Reviews, Wine industry by 0 Comments 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 and covered the event. Most importantly is a video of part of Rogov’s address. Rogov releases his annual Israeli wine guide Since Daniel […]

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Posted at 17:00h in Wineries by 0 Comments I promise that this is the last post about Carmel Winery for a little while, but I promised last month some more information and news about Carmel and this post about Carmel’s quality revolution (which definitely does include the opening up of the Yatir Winery) just doesn’t cut it. But, since the story of Carmel is the story of Israel and Israeli wine, there is so much to say. I was graced […]

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