Here is the details on Israwinexpo for those who will be in Israel at the end of February: The exposition is to take place at the Israel Trade Fair and Convention Center. Sponsored by the magazine Wine, Gourmet and Alcohol, Grape Man and Wine Center and with the backing of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Export Institute and the Grape Growers’ Association the fair is scheduled for visits by those invited from abroad as well as locals in the trade […]
JERUSALEM, Sept. 10, 2008 — Eli Gilbert Ben-Zaken, the founder of Domaine du Castel, one of the world’s most prominent wineries, had a gut feeling that Monday was the perfect time to harvest his grapes. “I imagine a lot of the smaller wineries are harvesting with a scientific method and not a gut feeling. But, we are definitely operating under a gut instinct,” Ben-Zaken told ABCNews.com. “The decision of the day of the harvest is so important. It’s irreversible and […]
The World Cup is here. No, not of soccer, but rather of wine. The Grape Thinking blog “A better way to think about wine” and Taste Vine, a new Web 2.0 app that creates “taste semantic recommendations”, have launched the World Cup of Wine. In their own words: WCOW is a competition that allows you to submit a wine from any country to be reviewed and promoted, based on popularity, to the Final Faceoff. The purpose is to promote internationalism […]
The Tishbi Winery recently released their newest addition to their Single Vineyard series their 2007 Tishbi Single Vineyard Old Vine Carignan. This 100% Carignan is from their 45 year old vineyards in Shefaya from which the Tishbi’s got their Hebrew name (an acronym in Hebrew) from renown Israeli poet Chaim Nacham Bialek which stands for “a resident of Shefaya in Israel”. With only 13% alcohol, low for an Israeli red wine, its well balanced between its alcohol, its fruit and […]
As Israeli wines continue to win international awards and recognition, Israeli wineries have found new ways to stress and market quality over quantity. Even though the largest wineries have taken similar steps to improve their wines every year, often the way they bring these wines to market differ. The Carmel, Yarden and Tishbi wineries have all offered single vineyard wines that emphasize that these wines come from their best vineyards out of the dozens if not hundreds they have to […]
The third edition of The Wine Route of Israel has been published by Cordinata. The book is the most comprehensive overview of the Israeli wine industry to date. This coffee table book contains over 250 pages in full color, with photographs of wineries, winemakers, vineyards and wines. It will be an excellent gift to the wine lover, the connoisseur and to those wishing to get to know the Israeli wine scene. The book is dedicated to Daniel Rogov, z”l, Israel’s […]
My wife and in-laws went to Tishbi Winery, but, well, I didn’t. So I’ll just have to suffice with some pictures from the winery:
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I first wrote about Jezreel Valley Winery, one of Israel’s newest wineries founded by high-tech entrepreneur Jacob Ner-David & Yehuda Nahar with Californian Ari Erle as the winemaker. Since writing the article I got my hands on several bottles of the wines at innovine – an event hosted at Google Israel focusing on wine and technology. While at innovine I had the opportunity to taste their Chardonnay, Redblend (a mix of Argaman, Carignon, and Syrah), and Rose. All I can […]
As I was walking down the street one steamy afternoon in Tel Aviv, I walked by Wines & More at 208 Ben Yehuda (part of Israel’s largest chain of wine shops oddly enough owned by Christian Arabs). I frequently poke into wine shops and restaurants to see what’s on the shelves and wine lists,respectfully, to have a better grasp on the market place to uncover what’s new, popular and rare that reading press reports, attending tastings, wineries and festivals may […]
