The following is a guest post by Alex Aizenberg about his recent visit to Israel. Alex is a lover of Israeli wine and public relations guy. If you are interested in writing a guest post for HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog, please e-mail [email protected] with your submission Making our bi-annual trip back home to Israel, my wife and I always look forward to visiting our family up north in the Golan for some great conversations, dinners and wine in the […]

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The 2013 Tel Aviv Wine Festival will take place on May 28th to 30th at the Eretz Israel Museum (Haaretz Museum) 7-11PM featuring different musical acts each evening. Guests of the festival will enjoy tasting any of the 160 types of wine from 40 wineries around the world including a large selection of Israeli wines. […] David Rhodes talking about the Ramat Aviv Wine Festival with DJ Richard Freeman on Rustymikeradio.com

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As someone who first started studying wine as a Geography student in college, I’m fond of wines that give homage to their terroir whether its the emphasis of a single vineyard from where the grapes are harvested or the altitude of the vineyard or in the case of the Ella Valley Winery’s new release, its […]

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Carmel Winery’s quality reputation continues. As it continues to get higher and higher rated wines, increasing in quality, one of Israel’s largest wineries are also making branding changes. Marketing and wine branding are close to my heart, as my background is in international marketing and communications, so I was thrilled to see that Carmel Winery […] Carmel’s quality revolution is not over. In the past few years, Carmel Winery has made serious changes in management, viticulture, and structure. They created […]

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Carmel Winery’s quality reputation continues. As it continues to get higher and higher rated wines, increasing in quality, one of Israel’s largest wineries are also making branding changes. Marketing and wine branding are close to my heart, as my background is in international marketing and communications, so I was thrilled to see that Carmel Winery […]   Israel is a world leader in high tech. Your computer’s firewall and the firewall that protects your home and corporate network was invented […]

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Carmel Winery’s quality reputation continues. As it continues to get higher and higher rated wines, increasing in quality, one of Israel’s largest wineries are also making branding changes. Marketing and wine branding are close to my heart, as my background is in international marketing and communications, so I was thrilled to see that Carmel Winery […] Carmel’s quality revolution is not over. In the past few years, Carmel Winery has made serious changes in management, viticulture, and structure. They created […]

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Among the wineries at the Ra’anana Wine Festival was the Villa Wilhema Winery. Founded by wine growers on Moshav B’nai Atarot (near HaTayaasim Junction and Airport City), grapes are sourced from the Upper Galilee and Ben Zimra vineyard. The winery has events on Fridays. Conviently located near Ben Gurion Airport, it’s worthwhile attending both for tourists looking to visit a (non-kosher) Israeli winery and residents.

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Psagot Winery is an interesting new winery located just outside of Jerusalem that is available in the United States. Daniel Rogov recently conducted his annual tasting of their wines and this is what he has to say about it: Located in the northern Jerusalem Mountains, overlooking Wadi Kelt (Nachal Prat), the winery was founded by Na’ama and Ya’akov Berg, who planted their first vineyards in 1998. In addition to a modern barrel cellar, some of the oak barriques are stored […]

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There are many winemakers and grape growers whose families have been involved in making Israeli wines for generations. The Margalits, the Sasloves, the TIshbis, the Shors and the Boxers are among many Israeli families that have passed their passion for wine making or cultivating from at least one generation to the next. Even though his family name isn’t synonymous with winemaking, Adam Montefiore is one of the most recognizable faces of Israeli wine and his family name is an iconic […]

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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 I considered him primarily a food writer rather than critic, and […]

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