Posted at 15:06h in Wine industry by David Rhodes 0 Comments The Five-towns are getting their own wine festival as Hadera hosts the 2013 Sea Village Wine Festival Wednesday & Thursday June 19th & 20th starting each evening at 18:30 (6:30 pm) until 11PM at the Sea Village Spa, Benjamin Bay, Hadera. 2013 Sea Village Wine Festival in Hadera entry is NIS 85 including a wine glass for an unlimited choice of tasting from the dozens of Israeli wineries pouring. […]

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Posted at 12:55h in Reviews, Wine industry by 0 Comments 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 most common varieties in Italy – a country not too far away from Israel: both […]

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Posted at 12:09h in Reviews, Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments Monday night I had the opportunity to taste five truly amazing wines. While most were from California (including Covenant’s second label, the Cabernet Sauvignon Red Sea 2003), there was one unique and special wine from Israel. In fact, it was from a winery that I had never tried before: Psagot. While we didn’t take formal tasting notes, the Psagot Cabernet Sauvignon 2005, was quite an interesting wine from an […]

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Posted at 22:32h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments I’ve previously written about Adam Montefiore, currently a manager at Carmel Winery. The dean of Israeli wine marketing (a topic close to my heart) and someone I’m privileged to have met and call an associate and friend, Montefiore is also known by his moniker ‘The Ambassador of Israeli Wine’ – a title well deserved. As one of the main spokespeople for Israeli wine in the English press, I was pleased to see […]

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Posted at 12:55h in Reviews, Wine industry by Avi 1 Comment Galil Mountain Winery, one of the best new world wineries in Israel, has just launched a new wine, which is going to replace their Yiron Syrah. Called the Meron, it is a blend of 78% Syrah, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 11% Petit Verdot. It is now available in Israel’s best wine shops and, I hear, highly recommended. I have not yet had a chance to pick up this fine […]

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Posted at 13:53h in Wine industry by 2 Comments Living in Israel and not having been abroad for two years gave me a warped perspective on Israeli wine. Not bad, of course, but I separate the world of Israel and the world of Jewish and kosher wine. In Israel, you can go in the finest wine shops and see a bottle of the now-kosher Yarden HeightsWine, Domaine du Castel ‘C’, and Tzora Blanc next to to the not-kosher Pelter, Clos […]

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July 22 (Bloomberg) — Kosher wines from Israel have long had a reputation for being coarse and syrupy sacramental offerings. Now they have improved so much that they can exploit their kosher label and win a wider global market, according to Ariel Ben-Zaken, whose family owns the Domaine du Castel winemaker. Wine exports grew 42 percent in 2007 to $21 million, said Israel’s Export Institute. Kosher wines won praise from U.S. guru Robert Parker, who said on his Web site […]

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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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