Posted at 22:50h in Events by 2 Comments As part of the 2009 Israel Festival, the wineries in the Jerusalem area will be holding a one-day festival on the beatiful campus of the Hebrew University, in the botanical gardens (I believe that this is the Givat Ram campus of Hebrew U, not Mt…. Posted at 12:00h in Events by 1 Comment On Wednesday and Thursday, June 25th and 26th, Israel’s Wine and Gourmet Magazine will be sponsoring it’s 12th wine […]
Posted at 21:18h in Events, Kosher by Avi 0 Comments For the religiously observant who do not want to attend a wine festival that also has non-certified kosher wine, and a testament to the growing sophistication of even the more observant populations, a rival wine festival that consists of solely kosher wine is now also…
Posted at 17:14h in Wine 101 by 1 Comment We all know that wine has many health benefits (in moderation). It’s long been known that red wine can be good for the heart. But apparently, it’s also an effective remedy against food poisoning. According to research, first reported in October 2007, conducted at the University…
Posted at 19:43h in Wine industry by Avi 1 Comment Stephen Brook, who visited Israel for IsraWinExpo 2008, has written an update to Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion. The Wine Companion is one of the classic books, which is in the library of every wine lover. Over the years Stephen Brook has been a prolific author and…
Posted at 17:55h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments Jerusalem.com has an interview with Dan Vered, owner of the Jerusalem Wine and Art store in the Old City in Jerusalem, which is a new wine shop in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter. While Israel’s “wine revolution” only took place in the last few decades, as we’ve said…
Posted at 10:23h in Wine industry by 0 Comments Israeli wine has finally been covered in my hometown newspaper, The Washington Post. This article in the travel section of the Washington Post, by NPR correspondent Linda Gradstein and fellow Jerusalemite, discusses the wines around Jerusalem. In fact, I think there are more wineries…
Posted at 22:16h in Events, Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Sommelier 2015 has come and gone. Held yesterday and today, wineries from around the world poured hundreds of wines to members of the food and beverage industry, including top wine journalists and critics from Germany, France, India, the Netherlands, and Poland. One of the benefits of… Posted at 13:18h in Events, Wine industry by Avi 1 Comment Every year a new wine festival opens in Israel, from the […]
Posted at 11:34h in Reviews, Wineries, Wines by 1 Comment Daniel Rogov is running a contest on his new forum “Rogov’s Place” if you can guess the 10 best Israeli wines that will show up in his 2009 book. I haven’t responded yet, but I want to run the same contest in this blog (only without the prizes). What do you think will be the 10 best Israeli wines according to Rogov’s 2009 book? In 2008, these were his choices: […]
Posted at 16:33h in Events, Wine industry by 0 Comments Israeli wine just got a bit of attention in Canada. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with private organizations, brings many different groups of people to Israel. I have personally been involved in a trip of bloggers, but they have also brought in entertainment/youth culture reporters, political leaders, and others. The journalists included Tony Aspler, Jugen Gothe, Sheila Swerling-Spuritt, Sean Wood, Irvin Wolkoff, Alex Eberspaecher, Debbie Trenholm and Master Sommelier […]
Posted at 11:36h in Wineries by David Rhodes 0 Comments With close to 300 wineries to write about, often meeting with wine makers and winery executives is based upon unexpected opportunities as much as who I want to talk to on any given day. So when I was invited to interview Motty Teperberg at…
