Posted at 16:55h in Wineries by Avi 0 Comments It sparked a revolution in Israel’s winemaking industry. Now the Golan Heights Winery is celebrating three decades of award-winning wine. The founding of the Golan Winery in 1983 was a major factor in the transformation of Israel’s wine industry from sweet, insipid wines to award winning. Check out ISRAEL21c’s video about the Golan Heights Winery.
Posted at 19:16h in Wine industry by Adam Montefiore 4 Comments 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 […]
Posted at 18:00h in Wineries by David Rhodes 0 Comments Give any competent winemaker great vineyards, a well-equipped winery and the backing of well-heeled owner and it’s interesting to see what they can come up with. Israeli born Na’ama Sorkin had minimal practical experience when she was first interviewed by the Dalton Winery’s owner Alex Haruni yet, she did have a good education, enthusiasm and a good pedigree. Maybe, most importantly, she had what some say a winemaker needs to […]
Since 2007, there have been annual tastings of Israeli wines by the Wine Advocate, the mouthpiece of Robert Parker, the world’s most influential wine critic. Mark Squires, who is the specialist on Israeli wines in Parker’s wine tasting team, did the tasting as usual. There were… Check out Israeli wine’s best spokesperson Adam Montefiore on CNN Part I: Part II: … Posted at 20:07h in Events by GuestPost 0 Comments The Eshkol Hazahav wine tasting competition, has taken place for […]
The 2013 winners of the annual Eshkol Hazahav Awards were announced at the Dan Panorama Hotel in Tel Aviv, June 3rd to a good turnout of many of Israel’s best winemakers & an array of wine insiders. It’s the only annual wine awards focusing entirely… During the last five years, I’ve attended dozens of Israeli wine festivals. Now I even consult for a few festivals. Before I moved to Israel I helped start a wine festival for San Diego County’s […]
Posted at 19:16h in Wine industry by Adam Montefiore 4 Comments 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… Posted at 14:21h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments The following is reprinted from wines-israel.com. I don’t have to mention that another […]
From Ha’aretz, Daniel Rogov reviews the Israeli wines from Recanati, Yatir and Avidan. From its inception in 2000 to the present, the Recanati winery has offered a generous selection of wines, many of which have been consistently excellent. Located in the Hefer Valley in the northern part of the Sharon region, the winery relies on grapes from its own vineyards, as well as contract vineyards, located in the Upper Galilee. The winery produces wines in several series: the top-of-the-line age-worthy […]
Posted at 14:10h in Kosher, Reviews by 0 Comments It’s no secret, the economy is not in good shape. This is true whether you are in the United States, Europe, Israel, or wherever. This is something we all know, and, personally, one of the reasons why I haven’t been updating this blog as often as I would have liked. However, there is still reason to drink wine – whether religious, social, or whatever. In that regard, Daniel Rogov’s latest column […]
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 […]
Posted at 21:54h in Events, Reviews by David Rhodes 2 Comments The Jerusalem Wine Festival is the largest and most widely attended wine festival in Israel with tens of thousands attending over four nights. Traditionally, and now it’s in its 9th year, the festival is held at Jerusalem’s revered Israel Museum during the week of Tu… In going from winery to winery, wine event to wine event and talking to winemakers, employees and wine customers in Israel, one […]
