A new updated wine map has been produced in English, called The Israeli Wine Map. It features a hundred of the best wineries of Israel from the northernmost Odem Mountain Winery, in the northern Golan Heights, all the way down to the Derech Eretz Winery, in the deepest Negev Desert. It runs from A to Z, or from ‘Adir to Zion’. It covers the wine routes of the Golan Heights, Upper & Lower Galilee, Mount Carmel, Sharon Plain, Judean Plain, […]
Daniel Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wine is coming out in a few weeks for 2010 (How did that happen?). He’s been publishing this annual guide to Israeli wine for the past several years and it keeps on getting bigger and bigger. One of the most interesting sections of Daniel Rogov’s Israeli wine tasting guide is his annual ranking of the Top 10 Best Wineries in Israel. In 2009, Daniel Rogov picked the following wineries: Golan Heights Winery (Katzrin, Yarden, Gamla) […]
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 with a tour of Carmel’s wineries at Rishon […]
I do apologize that I am posting often about the same wineries – Recanati, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights, Yatir, etc. – and not paying enough attention to Pelter, Vitkin, Chateau Golan, Ella Valley, or some of the 100s of other Israeli wines, but certain wines are just so versatile. Such as two of my favorite wineries: Galil Mountain and Recanti. In fact, about a month ago, I was at an interesting French restaurant in Jerusalem (“Eldad vezehoo”, although I admit […]
Carmel Mizrahi Winery was founded in 1882 and is, 126 years later, Israel’s largest and most famous winery. While not the first winery in Israel, it is the most well known and for many years (and even today) often serves as the face for Israeli wine. This can be good or bad, depending on which wines you are looking at and whether you are looking at ‘the old Carmel’ or ‘the new Carmel.’ I admit I am often critical of […]
This article is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission La Revue du Vin, France’s most distinguished wine magazine, has selected four Israeli wines in the list of ‘the 100 Best Wines in the Mediterranean, between Spain & Israel’. The four wineries represented are: Domaine du Castel, situated at Ramat Raziel in the Judean Hills, Flam Winery, situated at Eshtaol in the Judean Foothills, Margalit Winery situated in the Sharon Plain, near Hadera, and Saslove Winery, from Kibbutz Eyal and the […]
Two Israeli wineries have been included in Oz Clarke’s Pocket Wine Book 2010. Domaine du Castel and Yatir Winery are both listed for the first time signalling more recognition for the advances of Israeli wine. As far as wine recommendation goes, Castel’s Grand Vin and Yatir Forest are both awarded two stars. ‘C’ Blanc du Castel and Yatir Cabernet Sauvignon are each awarded one star. Two stars equates to: “An excellent wine in its category – one especially worth seeking […]
Notes & Favorites from Day One of the 2nd Annual Jerusalem Kosher WIne Festival Even though I just started this year to score wines after spending years writing hundreds of essays and articles, I hope to refrain from scoring wines at festivals since there’s so much additional stimuli to distract from focusing in on the wines. A quiet well lit room and ideally alone without anyone to influence me is the ideal venue to evaluate wines for scoring. That being […]
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 grown on the land immortalized by biblical figures Noah, Samson, and David and Goliath. These days, Israel is known more for conflict and tension than for […]
The following post was reprinted with permission by wines-israel.com The KFWE 2011 recently took place in Manhattan, NY. This refers to the Kosher Food & Wine Experience which was organized by the Royal Wine Corporation of Bayonne, New Jersey. Royal Wine are owners of Herzog Wine Cellars in California, Kedem Winery in Upstate New York and Kedem Food. It is the largest food & wine specializing in the kosher market in the world. They represent wines produced all over the […]
