Posted at 14:23h in Events, Wine industry by 0 Comments 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…
Posted at 12:01h in Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments Winemakers across Israel are harvesting their grapes after enduring the hottest season on record. Not only has it been an ordeal for the winemakers, growers and field hands to work under such conditions, it hasn’t been that great for the grapes. By some accounts, vineyards at lower…
Posted at 12:01h in Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments Winemakers across Israel are harvesting their grapes after enduring the hottest season on record. Not only has it been an ordeal for the winemakers, growers and field hands to work under such conditions, it hasn’t been that great for the grapes. By some accounts, vineyards at lower…
Posted at 17:54h in Wine industry by 0 Comments Will have much more to say about Golan Heights Winery (had some excellent wines from them last week), but in the meantime, here’s a picture I took last Monday of an Israeli flag flying over their steel barrels outside of their winery in Katzrin, on…
Posted at 12:01h in Wines by David Rhodes 0 Comments Winemakers across Israel are harvesting their grapes after enduring the hottest season on record. Not only has it been an ordeal for the winemakers, growers and field hands to work under such conditions, it hasn’t been that great for the grapes. By some accounts, vineyards at lower…
Posted at 11:35h in Wineries by David Rhodes 0 Comments Recently, I was fortunate to be among a small group of wine writers, sommeliers and restaurateurs invited to the 12 Rothschild restaurant in Tel Aviv where we were treated to a well paired lunch with an introduction of eight wines presented by Chateau Golan’s managing… Posted at 15:26h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments Chateau Golan is a small, boutique winery on the Golan Heights. While its modeled after […]
Posted at 22:30h in Kosher by 1 Comment It’s almost Passover time and that means WINE! In addition to Shabbat and the end of the holiday, in Israel for one night and in the Diaspora for two, Jews will be drinking at least four cups of wine on seder night. Before I make my…
Posted at 19:39h in Wine industry, Wineries by GuestPost 0 Comments Carmel Winery has announced, with deep regret, the untimely death of Israel Ivzan (Ishkovitz) after a short but harsh illness. Ivzan, 58 years old, was Chairman of SCV des Grandes Caves and CEO of Carmel Winery. He was born in Haifa and…
Posted at 18:49h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments From ynetnews.com: Adam Montefiore Photo: Gilad Kavalerchik Israeli world-class wines – it’s now official! For the first time ever, two Israeli wineries, Domaine du Castel and Yarden (Golan Heights Winery), have been awarded the coveted four star awards Adam Montefiore Hugh Johnson’s Pocket…
Posted at 12:11h in Wine industry by Avi 2 Comments The following article is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission. In a brilliant and original marketing ploy, a new wine has been launched which is totally secret. So secret it has no name, no variety, no story on the back label. Even the winery is unknown. All there is to go by is a QR code, which can be read by a smart phone, which leads to the secret wine […]
