Israel boasts a new champagne (traditional) method sparkling wine from the Golan Heights Winery – the Gamla Brut. This sparkling Israeli wine has just appeared on the shelves – I first saw it on Sunday in Tel Aviv. The Gamla Brut N.V. is half pinot noir and half chardonnay – a common feature of champagnes from France. This Israeli sparkling wine was made in the traditional method of secondary fermentation in the bottle. The Gamla Brut has a suggested retail […]

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Jewish holidays are full of wine. On Shabbat, evening and morning, Jews say the kiddush (sanctification) blessing over wine. On Jewish holidays, we also say the blessings over wine. However, on one holiday, it really is all about wine — on Passover, in addition to the holiday meals during the day and the last day or two (2 days outside of Israel, 1 in Israel) of the week-long holiday, Jews have to drink four cups of wine at the seder […]

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This article about Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book first appeared on wines-israel.com Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book 2010 is published already, even though it is only late August 2009. However early or not, it represents good news for Israel! No less than twenty six Israeli wineries have made this prestigious guide book, which is similar to the Michelin Guide but for wine. The most encouraging thing is that a number of wineries have progressed in the ratings received since last […]

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The Jerusalem Wine Festival has come and gone for the year. This wine tasting festival is only a few years old but it has already become a Jerusalem tradition for Israel’s Anglo population and Jerusalemites, thirsty for some culture in the holy city. Last week, I attended the event and came in with mixed feelings. From the perspective of the festival organization, I was a bit disappointed compared to last year. There were less wineries – particularly new boutique wineries […]

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Posted by admin On July – 31 – 2008 Yom Huledet Sameach. Happy Birthday to me. Yes, today is my birthday. I won’t say how old I am except that I am older than 21. So it’s not often that I ask for wine gift baskets or Israeli wine gifts. But, as a birthday present to me, I have a few suggestions – which will benefit readers of this blog: Make a donation: Check out the Amazon.com Honor System badge […]

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Galil Mountain Winery, one of the best new world wineries in Israel, has just launched a new wine, which is going to replace their Yiron Syrah. Called the Meron, it is a blend of 78% Syrah, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 11% Petit Verdot. It is now available in Israel’s best wine shops and, I hear, highly recommended. I have not yet had a chance to pick up this fine wine but am thinking about picking up a bottle of it […]

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This is a guest post by Adam Montefiore, which was first published in www.wines-israel.com These were the words of an English wine journalist who visited Israel four times in the last 15 years and claimed to know to what was good for the Israeli wine industry. His parting advice was: “Learn to love Carignan. Every country has a grape they are known for as their ‘signature’ variety. Why not make some old vine Carignan, it’s your cheapest variety, it’s not […]

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(For the thread, go to Daniel Rogov’s wine forum) Daniel Rogov recently visited the Israeli boutique winery of Vitkin. Here are his thoughts and tasting notes for the recent and soon-to-be releases of this Israeli winery. Established by Doron and Sharona Belogolovsky on Moshav Kfar Vitkin on the central Coastal Plain, this winery released its first wines from the 2002 vintage. Bordeaux-trained winemaker Assaf Paz relies on Carignan, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, Tempranillo, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Viognier, French Colombard, Johannisberg […]

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