The Wall Street Journal published a profile about wine in the Judean Hills, near Jerusalem, in March 2010. Tzora Vineyards The vineyard of kibbutz-based Tzora. Winemaker Yaakov Berg has a recycled winery under his land. Hewn out of stone in the days of Jerusalem’s Second Holy Temple, it holds an ancient wine press now flanked by oak barrels in which Mr. Berg’s best wines are aging. Above ground stands the home vineyard of his Psagot Winery—a player in an unexpected […]

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Israel is the original “old world” wine region. The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean was the cradle of the world’s wine culture thousands of years before the vine reached Europe. Wine in the Bible Wine has been produced in the Land of Israel since Biblical times. Whether you call it the Tanakh, Hebrew Bible, or the Old Testament, surely you are familiar with the story of the spies, Noah’s ark, or other Biblical stories that hark back to the original […]

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Posted at 21:51h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Master of Wine (MW) is one of the most prestigious titles a oenophile can get. It’s regarded as one of the highest standards of professional knowledge. In order to get the MW designation you need to pass a serious of rigorous tests, submit a final research paper, and accrue several years of industry experience. The Institute of Masters of Wine just announced 5 more MWs. This brings the worldwide total of […]

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Posted at 22:46h in Featured, Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments The fourth edition of the book ‘The Wine Route of Israel’ has just been published. The last edition was published as long ago as nearly four years ago, so the content has been updated to reflect what has happened since then. The new edition has… Posted at 15:47h in Wine industry, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Read the full article in Ha’aretz and comment below. What do you think […]

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Posted at 21:51h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Master of Wine (MW) is one of the most prestigious titles a oenophile can get. It’s regarded as one of the highest standards of professional knowledge. In order to get the MW designation you need to pass a serious of rigorous tests, submit a final… Posted at 14:58h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments The Two Warm Challahs blog recently highlighted one of my favorite wineries, Jezreel Valley, as the Start […]

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In addition to focusing on Israeli wine, I want to provide some basic instructions for new wine drinkers, perhaps of the Millenial Generation. I’ve seen too many people either filling up their wine to the brim or just drinking wine as if it were a soft drink, that it’s worth emphasizing some basic – and also more advanced – points. As I have repeatedly said, I’m not critic and others have far more refined palates than me, but there are […]

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Posted at 21:51h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments Master of Wine (MW) is one of the most prestigious titles a oenophile can get. It’s regarded as one of the highest standards of professional knowledge. In order to get the MW designation you need to pass a serious of rigorous tests, submit a final… Posted at 14:58h in Wines by Avi 0 Comments The Two Warm Challahs blog recently highlighted one of my favorite wineries, Jezreel Valley, as the Start […]

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Posted at 19:21h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments The White festival returns to the Herzliya Marina the evenings of Wednesday, July 4th and Thursday, July 5th, 2012.  The gates open at 6PM and the event goes until midnight with arriving guests welcomed until 11PM.  A wide selection of Israeli & imported white, rosé and sparkling… Posted at 20:07h in Events by GuestPost 0 Comments The Eshkol Hazahav wine tasting competition, has taken place for the tenth consecutive year. […]

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Posted at 22:06h in Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments The following is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission The Golan Heights Winery has been awarded the “Wine World Cup” by the Vinitaly wine tasting competition. It is a very competitive, stringently run competition with only 71 awards given out of 3,720 wines entered from 30 countries. It… Posted at 18:00h in Events, Reviews by Avi 1 Comment The following is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission. A rare and […]

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Posted at 20:12h in Events by 3 Comments Two interesting Israeli wine events in North America this week – including one in Canada (any Canadian readers?): Canada – The Vancouver Israeli Wine Festival runs May 4 (tomorrow – Sunday!), 5-9 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel with wines from nine wineries around that country,… Posted at 19:00h in Wine industry by 1 Comment I know, I know, I had some not-so-nice things to say about Carmel. But they often get […]

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