Sommelier 2009 – Israel’s Professional Wine Event 4, Dec 2009 Share Every year a new wine festival opens in Israel, from the southern tips of Eilat to the northern tips of the Golan Heights. But it is no exaggeration to say that Israel’s most important wine festival is Tel Aviv’s Sommelier. This giant Israeli wine festival has now been held for several years, with wines from […] In: Events|Wine industry Tags: Avidan, Barkan, Binyamina, Carmel, Chateau Golan, Dalton, Daneil Rogov, Golan […]

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Sparkling Wine (Champagne) for the New Year 31, Dec 2009 Share In honor of New Year’s Eve, this is a repost of a post from earlier this month about Israeli sparkling wine. I’m drinking the Carmel Selected Sparkling Wine for New Years. What about you? Sparkling wine is the wine of fashion and celebration. Whether on New Year’s Eve or at a wedding, it remains […]

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Ancient land of Israel brings forth new wines 26, Jun 2009 Share Inside a candlelit room at a west Houston Italian restaurant, the Israeli government sought to change Israel’s international image with help from one of the world’s oldest industries: wine — glasses and glasses of wine. The government recently teamed up with its wine industry and U.S. importers to promote the beverages made from grapes […]

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1337 Wine Tastes Barkan, Galil Mountain, and Ella Valley 22, Dec 2009 Share I just discovered 1337wine via Twitter and it appears that he just discovered Israeli wine. In his video wine show (episode 101 and counting), Mark Fusco is introduced to Israeli wines with tastings of the: Barkan Chardonnay Galil Mountain Yiron Ella Valley Syrah As someone very knowledgeable about Israeli wine (and Israel, in general, […]

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Israeli wine doesn’t suck: Bloomberg 23, Jul 2008 Share Bloomberg gets the message that Israeli wine doesn’t suck. I’m a little surprised that the article used the traditional framing of “Israeli wine used to suck, now kosher wine is good” (making the association between bad kosher American wine with great Israeli wine [which wasn’t always kosher, even]). This is especially surprising coming from […] New York tastes kosher Israeli wine 23, Jul 2008 Share Click on the image for the […]

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Jerusalem Wine Festival – 4 August through 6 August 4, Aug 2009 Share This week is one of my favorite wine events of the year (although as I recently moved to a suburb of Tel Aviv, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it)… the Jerusalem wine festival at the Israel Museum! From Daniel Rogov’s post: The annual wine festival held in the sculpture garden […] In: Events Tags: Jerusalem Wine Festival Job Opportunity at Jerusalem Wine Store […]

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Twitter Introduces Wine Blogger to the World of Israeli Wine 22, Aug 2009 Share I love how social media can be used to introduce people to Israeli wine. On my Twitter account (@hakerem – you arefollowing me, I presume), I found a wine blogger who was looking for some wine tips. Well, first we bonded over a few tweets about (the lack of) social media in the wine […]

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Independence Day Wine 4, Jul 2008 Share What wine are you opening this July 4 weekend? Personally, I’m in the mood for a nice California Cabernet Sauvignon from the Napa Valley or Russian River, but I think instead I will go for an Israeli Cabernet Sauvignon, depending on dinner tonight. The Segal Single Vineyard tastes like it could be from Napa. […] In: Wineries Tags: Independence day, July 4, Wines

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Boutique non-kosher Israeli wine now in the US 2, Jul 2008 Share I have written previously about Israeli Wine Direct and the important work Richard Shaffer and his team are doing to bring small-quantity Israeli wine into the United States. IWD is making some of Israel’s best, small-production wine available to consumers in America. My only complaint is that it means less for me! Well, I […] In: Wine industry Tags: Bravdo, direct to trade, direct wine, Flam, Inertia, Israeli […]

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