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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Posted at 19:16h in Wine industry by Adam Montefiore 3 Comments Adam Montefiore asked me to post his personal recollections on Daniel Rogov below. I print Adam’s thoughts with honor, as Adam and Daniel have been the Ambassadors of Israeli Wine abroad, and, on a personal note, I first met Adam due to Rogov. I first met Daniel Rogov in 1990 when he was still writing for the Jerusalem Post (the leading English language newspaper in Israel). In those days […]

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Posted at 08:54h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments Here is an interesting article from the Canadian Jewish Independent on Israeli wine and my favorite part – the business and export side of quality wine. Nice focus on Carmel and Flam, including quotes from the legendary Adam Montefiore of Carmel and also Golan Flam of Flam. Nice to see Israeli wine getting noticed as Israeli – and not just kosher – wine and learn some history of the Israeli […]

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From Ha’aretz, Daniel Rogov reviews the Israeli wines from Recanati, Yatir and Avidan. From its inception in 2000 to the present, the Recanati winery has offered a generous selection of wines, many of which have been consistently excellent. Located in the Hefer Valley in the northern part of the Sharon region, the winery relies on grapes from its own vineyards, as well as contract vineyards, located in the Upper Galilee. The winery produces wines in several series: the top-of-the-line age-worthy […]

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