Meet Israel’s grape growers 28, Sep 2008 Share Ha’aretz Magazine has a profile about several of the farmers who are growing grapes for some of Israel’s best wineries. Check it out. Pleasure Hunting / In the shade of the vine By Ronit Vered A time to uproot Name: Eliezer Rushansky Place: Moshav Yonatan Vineyard: Yonatan Grape varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Sangiovese, […] In: Wine industry Tags: grapes, vinter
Wine Spectator: Kosher wines for the High Holidays 26, Sep 2008 Share The Wine Spectator’s Kim Marcus has a new article on “kosher wines for the High Holidays” in the latest Wine Spectator (free until October 1). Not surprisingly, all but one of the wines are from Israel. Whether you are Jewish or not, celebrating the holidays or not, these are great wines to seek out. […] In: Kosher|Wine industry Tags: Kim Marcus, kosher wine, Wine Spectator
Great Kosher Wine for Rosh Hashana (and year round) 21, Sep 2008 Share The Jewish holidays are a great time to find lots of Israeli wine – even if you aren’t Jewish. Rosh Hashana and Sukkot, two great feasting holidays, are coming up soon (Rosh Hashana begins this year on the night of September 29 and lasts two days) and this is a great chance to buy […] In: Kosher Tags: Barkan, Benyamina, Carmel, Castel, Dalton, Recanati, Rosh Hashana, Segal, […]
The Israeli Wine Route 15, Sep 2008 Share There are numerous events taking place in Israel, particularly near the Judean Hills, to celebrate the Israeli wine route. Israel is also an excellent wine tourism destination. Check out this article in ynetnews.com for more details.
A number of Israeli wineries are celebrating significant anniversaries in 2010: Carmel, Tishbi, Dalton, Galil Mountain and Recanati are all commemorating their milestones in different ways. Each has their own unique story. They have all given a great deal to the development of the Israel wine industry and each has contributed to the quality revolution of the last 20 years. Galil Mountain – 10 Years Galil Mountain is celebrating its tenth year. Situated at Yiron in the Upper Galilee, on […]
Golan Heights Winery Celebrates 25 in Tel Aviv 7, Sep 2008 Share Residents of Israel have occasion to celebrate. The revolutionary Golan Heights Winery, which is celebrating 25 years this year, is having a celebration at the Tel Aviv port between September 11-20. Golan Heights Winery will both pour those Israeli wines that are available at retailers and also open some special vintage wines from their […] In: Events|Wine industry Tags: Golan Heights Winery, wine evvents
Segal Argaman 2007 from Dovev Vineyard in the Upper Galilee, has won the equivalent of a Gold Medal at ‘Les Citadelles du Vins’ Competition held in Bordeaux, France. Argaman is a cross between Carignan and Souzao, a Portuguese variety. Avi Feldstein, winemaker of Segal Wines, produced a single vineyard wine from Argaman grapes grown in a vineyard in the Upper Galilee, which created new interest in the Argaman grape. Now the wine has won this prestigious award. Segal Wines is […]
In 1884, a year before his death, Sir Moses Montefiore, then 100 years old, made his last donation to the new village of Rishon le Zion, birth place of the modern Israel wine industry. Over 100 years later a young Englishman with blue eyes made aliyah (immigrated) to Israel. The great, great grandson of Moses Montefiore’s heir had the same objective – to contribute to Israel and to advance Israeli wine. He began by specialising in the ‘on trade’ – hotels […]
Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov has been making his annual round of tastings as of late and he recently visited Saslove Winery. Saslove, founded by Canadian immigrant Barry Saslove, is one of those great Israeli boutique wineries that are a secret to those outside of Israel. Here is the original thread and the following comes straight from Rogov: Considering that Saslove founded his eponymous winery in 1998, he is indeed one of the “old-timers” on the Israeli boutique scene. I […]
Israeli Wines in the Wine Advocate 3, Mar 2010 Share The Wine Advocate, owned by Robert Parker, the world’s most famous & influential wine critic, has again tasted wines from Israel. This is encouraging because Israel now seems to appear at least once a year in a formal tasting. It was not so long ago that Israel was off the Parker radar. However today that has […] In: Wine industry| Wineries Tags: Carmel, Castel, Clos de Gat, Galil Mountain Winery, […]
