SCOOP: The latest issue of Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate has a new tasting of Israeli wines by Mark Squires. This is important because it means that the Wine Advocate is paying continued attention to Israeli wine. As I said, the secret’s out. Israeli wine is good and not just for kosher-keepers. Here are Squire’s scores from the latest issue of Wine Advocate: 2005 Carmel Limited Edition 87 2006 Carmel Carignan Old Vines 85 2005 Carmel Shiraz 88 Early 30 2005 […]
The European women’s magazine marie claire suggests a great Christmas gift: pomegranate dessert wine from Israel’s Rimon Winery. This healthy drink, available in Europe (including the UK) and the United States, is a great holiday gift from the Holy Land. The healthiest red wine on the market is set to hit shelves in the build up to Christmas: Pomegranate wine, made from 100% pomegranate fruit and with no added sugar, will put your guilty conscience at bay over the festive […]
Reports are that Americans are cutting back on gifts for themselves, while the crisis in America has reached Israel. Yet, this holiday season doesn’t have to be an empty one for adults. Instead of buying wine for gifts, how about learning about a new wine region, discovering Israeli cuisine, and spreading the knowledge of the Eastern Mediterranean region. Perhaps a book about wine from the land where Jesus was born, food from the region where the Maccabees fought? Israeli wine […]
While I am not a wine reviewer (for reviews of Israeli wine, check out Daniel Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wine), your support allows for the exploration of wine events throughout Israel and Israeli wines. Support HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog and I can bring more personal experiences to wines that you may not be able to (yet) obtain in your own area or wines that you are not yet ready to explore. Support HaKerem via the Amazon Honors System, a […]
It’s almost Shabbat and then immediately after will be the beginning of the Passover holiday, the celebration of the Jewish people’s deliverance from slavery to our home in Israel. And, above all, this is a holiday in which Jews throughout the world will be sitting down and drinking wine. So, to all my readers – Jew and non-Jew – חג פסח שמח. A Happy Passover. What wines are you drinking for the holiday? Popularity: 1% [?] Sphere: Related Content
I apologize that I had not posted this earlier, but apparently if you sent e-mail to israelwineblog@gmail.com, I did not receive it. Here is an interesting article on Rimon (which is not from grapes and many critics do not consider it a wine) from the Seattle Times: Sunday, January 20, 2008 – Page updated at 12:00 AM BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER / THE SEATTLE TIMES Tart and sappy rather than unctuous, Rimon’s “Black Label” Pomegranate Dessert Wine pairs well with pie. From […]
I opened up an EXCELLENT 2004 Yiron Syrah from Galil Mountain last Friday. Here is where the wine came from: Popularity: 1% [?] Sphere: Related Content
This is an excellent opportunity for non-Jews to explore Israeli wines!!!! In addition, given the kosher wine sales (and since Richard and the Clos de Gat are the only non-kosher Israeli wines in the US, that I know of) going on around Passover, I strongly suggest to my non-Jewish readers that now would be a great time both to go to your local large wine store and ask for Israeli wines and also go to a kosher supermarket or kosher-specialty […]
“You Don’t Have to Be Jewish to Love Them” — that’s what New York Times wine writer Eric Asimov says about several great kosher Israeli wines. The question follows: if I don’t celebrate Passover, does that mean I can skip this column? Sorry, I can’t permit that. Now, please pay attention. Kosher wines have improved so vastly over the years, and so many are available nowadays, that the issue of whether they are kosher is relevant only to observant Jews. […]
The Wall Street Journal did a tasting of several kosher (including wines from Israel that happen to be kosher — some of the best but not all of what’s available, by far, and only what’s available in the US) wines from around the world. I need to repeat that Israeli doesn’t equal kosher (particularly as several searchers got to this blog by searching for Parker tasting of kosher wines, when many of the wines tasted by Robert Parker were NOT […]
