Posted at 22:18h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments This tribute is from Daniel Rogov’s tribute meal this past summer and taken by the amazing Israel Preker. Rogov died shortly after. Victor Shoenfeld is the chief winemaker of Golan Heights Winery. … Posted at 17:10h in Wine industry, Wineries by 1 Comment This isn’t news for anyone who has been following Israeli wine (aka the readers of this blog) but it represents a major step in recognition, and proof […]

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Posted at 11:51h in Wine industry, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments The following article is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission. In December 2011, Zichron Ya’acov enters its 130th year. It was way back in December 1882, that settlers from Romania, first arrived in Givat Zamarin to put up their first tents and then houses. It was…

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Posted at 21:01h in Wine industry by 2 Comments Is this how to sell wine to the Millenials? Would you buy this wine? Why or why not?… Posted at 16:40h in Events, Wine 101, Wine industry by 0 Comments I promise, promise, promise that this my last post for 2007 on the Beaujolais Nouveau. However, I just saw an interesting article in Ha’aretz about the Israeli wine culture. While winetastingguy noted that wine consumption in America is on the rise, […]

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Posted at 13:55h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments I just found this video on ISRAEL21c’s beta site. ISRAEL21c is a great place that tells the story of Israel – it’s technology, arts, humanitarian efforts, and culture …

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Posted at 11:51h in Wine industry, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments The following article is from wines-israel.com and reprinted with permission. In December 2011, Zichron Ya’acov enters its 130th year. It was way back in December 1882, that settlers from Romania, first arrived in Givat Zamarin to put up their first tents and then houses. It was…

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Posted at 19:20h in Kosher, Wine industry by 1 Comment Israeli wine has a bad rap. Too many people associate it with either cooked wine (due to the old way that mevushal ­–a kosher stringency – was done, but wine that is not mevushal is equally kosher and, as I will repeat over and over again, there are plenty of non-certified Israeli wines that have come out within the past two decades) or Concord sweet, sickly wines like Manishewitz. Yet, […]

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Posted at 19:58h in Wine industry by 2 Comments Boycott Israeli wine! No, really, start a boycott of Israeli wine! Have I gone nuts? Too much time in Israel has made me anti-Israel? No, rather, perhaps you should boycott Israeli wine because that will lead to more Israeli wine being bought! Does that…

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Posted at 13:01h in Reviews, Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments It’s a few days until New Years – or Sylvester as we call it in Israel – and with that comes bubbly. Yup, sparkling wine (or champagne, but champagne really only refers to sparkling wine from the Champagne region of France). Well, Israel isn’t known for…

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Posted at 19:58h in Wine industry by 2 Comments Boycott Israeli wine! No, really, start a boycott of Israeli wine! Have I gone nuts? Too much time in Israel has made me anti-Israel? No, rather, perhaps you should boycott Israeli wine because that will lead to more Israeli wine being bought! Does that make any sense? Well, yes, this is what happened last April when a group of Canadians called for a boycott of Israeli wine – the community went […]

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Posted at 20:05h in Wine industry by 0 Comments The 2008 harvest has just begun and, here in Israel, a handful of super-young wines have just been released or are about to be released. The Golan Heights Winery has already released their 2008 Moscato, a light and fizzy wine. This is Daniel Rogov’s tasting note: Golan Heights Winery, Moscato, Golan, 2008: Oh what a lovely little wine. Made in the style of Moscato d’Asti entirely from Muscat Canelli grapes, with […]

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