Decanting Israel tastes wine from Israel’s G’vaot winery 12, Oct 2009 Decanting Israel, which I spoke about previously, seems to be trying to channel Gary Vaynerchuk with their second video: Gvaot Herodion Cabernet – Merlot 2006, which is a wine that I’ve found to be quite enjoyable too. In: Wine industry| Wineries Tags: Decanting Israel, Gvaot, kosher
Israel’s Forgotten Brandies 23, Oct 2009 Twenty years ago there was a large market for Israeli brandies. Stock 84 and Brandy 777 were big domestic brands. In the 1990’s Carmel & Tishbi brandies won major international recognition at the very highest possible level. Yet high domestic taxes and the fact that brandy just drifted out of fashion, have contributed to an […] In: Wine 101| Wines Tags: brandy, Carmel, Tishbi
10 Best Wineries in Israel 20, Oct 2009 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 […]
Yarden at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival 25, Oct 2009 Israeli wine has gone global. Yarden, Inc., the American importer of Golan Heights Winery (Yarden, Gamla, Golan) and Galil Mountain Winery, was at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival Incidentally, I discovered this via Yarden’s inactive Twitter account (I am on Twitter @hakerem)
Rogov’s Guide to 2010 Launched 7, Nov 2009 I plan on posting more over the next week about the launch of Daniel Rogov’s Launch of the Guide to Israeli Wines 2010 and his new Guide to Kosher Wines (Disclosure: I received an invite to the launch party and copy from Toby Press, the publisher). In the meantime, however, here is a video from my […] Wine Photos from Sommelier 7, Nov 2009 Here are just a few photos from the Sommelier wine […]
The Bible of Israeli Wine 7, Nov 2008 Daniel Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines keeps on getting bigger and bigger. Rogov’s 2009 Guide to Israeli Wines, released last Thursday, is the largest guide yet to Israel’s growing wine industry. While the 2008 guide, including a chapter on wine storage not appearing in the 2009 edition, was a thick 455 pages, the newest edition […]
On the wine route 25, Feb 2008 I’m either up north, touring Israel’s wine country, or in Tel Aviv at Israwinexpo. I hope to see you there! In the next month, I will have pictures and comments about Israeli wineries. STAY TUNED Castel in the Wall Street Journal 25, Feb 2008 I’m up visiting wineries up north, but in the meantime read this fascinating article about Eli Ben-Zaken and Domaine du Castel from the Wall Street Journal. Why does it […]
Tu B’Av: The Holiday of Love and Wine 13, Aug 2008 This weekend is the little-known Jewish holiday of Tu B’Av, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av. This unique holiday is not one marked by fasting, or extra praying, or lighting candles or other similar rituals. Rather, this day marks love and is celebrated by eating good food and drinking summer wine. Whether Jewish […]
Israel:The New Old World Wine 2, Dec 2007 There is much discussion between “New World” (Australia, South Africa, etc.) and “Old World” (France, etc.) wine and also where Israel fits in. Well, the reality is that Israel is the new old world wine. From IsraelWines.co.il – An exhibition on the subject of wine-making in Ancient Israel has been displayed in the Agur Winery during the […]
A preview of what’s to come 28, Feb 2008 Stay tuned for more photos, a write up and more, of my recent visit to a handful of Israeli wineries. In the meantime, here’s a preview of Dalton’s barrel room. In: Wine industry| Wineries Tags: Dalton, photo, wine barrel
