The following article is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission Golan Heights Winery recently earned the Gran Vinitaly Special Award as the best wine producer at the 19th International Vinitaly 2011 Wine Competition, which was held from March 28 to April 1, 2011, in Verona, Italy. In winning the top award at this prestigious competition, the Winery beat out over 1,000 wine producers from 30 countries including traditional wine-producing powerhouses such as France, Italy and Spain. Golan Heights Winery earned […]

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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 […]

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13, Jan 2010 Share Tweet A unique gathering of international chefs came together in Jerusalem to cook a Gala Dinner, to honor Chef Shalom Kadosh. Two hundred people paid NIS 1,800 (nearly US$ 475 each) for a ticket for this unique and prestigious event. The proceeds went to Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, which cares for children and […]

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The following is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission. The Jewish Week recently a tasting of kosher wines from around the world. Eight judges tasted 280 wines. The results are published in the 2nd Annual Jewish Week Kosher Wine Guide, which publishes the top 18 wines in various categories. The top Israeli red wines were adjudged to be: 1. Psagot Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 2. Yatir Forest 2007 3. Carmel Kayoumi Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 4. Petit Castel 2007 5. […]

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13, Jan 2010 Share Tweet A unique gathering of international chefs came together in Jerusalem to cook a Gala Dinner, to honor Chef Shalom Kadosh. Two hundred people paid NIS 1,800 (nearly US$ 475 each) for a ticket for this unique and prestigious event. The proceeds went to Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, which cares for children and […]

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13, Jan 2010 Share Tweet A unique gathering of international chefs came together in Jerusalem to cook a Gala Dinner, to honor Chef Shalom Kadosh. Two hundred people paid NIS 1,800 (nearly US$ 475 each) for a ticket for this unique and prestigious event. The proceeds went to Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, which cares for children and […]

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13, Jan 2010 Share Tweet A unique gathering of international chefs came together in Jerusalem to cook a Gala Dinner, to honor Chef Shalom Kadosh. Two hundred people paid NIS 1,800 (nearly US$ 475 each) for a ticket for this unique and prestigious event. The proceeds went to Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, which cares for children and […]

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27 Jul 2008 by 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: 1. Golan Heights Winery (Katzrin, Yarden, […]

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13, Jan 2010 Share Tweet A unique gathering of international chefs came together in Jerusalem to cook a Gala Dinner, to honor Chef Shalom Kadosh. Two hundred people paid NIS 1,800 (nearly US$ 475 each) for a ticket for this unique and prestigious event. The proceeds went to Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, which cares for children and […]

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4, Mar 2011 Share Tweet When I first visited Eli Ben Zaken of Castel, in 2006, he said that he was waiting for the Wine Advocate to start noticing Israeli wines. It seems, his wish has happened. Mark Squires, of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, has just reviewed 11 Israeli wines in the latest issue (#193). All of the […] In: Reviews|Wine industry

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