Posted at 21:41h in Wineries, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Recanati Winery has gained some excellent scores in the Wine Advocate, the newsletter owned by Robert Parker. Robert Parker is the world’s most famous wine critic. Mark Squires, a specialist in Israeli wines and part of Parker’s team, did the tasting. Three of their wines scored 90 points or more. One scored 91 points, the Recanati Special Reserve. It became only the twentieth Israeli wine to gain a score of […]

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Posted at 10:26h in Wineries by 1 Comment While Adam Sandler’s character Zohan may eat American hummus (which, I must ask, what was up with that? No self-respecting Israeli would eat American hummus), it appears that Adam Sandler is enjoying some Israeli wine. On a recent trip in California, Sandler and his entourage visited O’Shaughnessy Estate Winery, where Ari Erle is the assistant winemaker. Ari, as you may know, runs Israel Wine Company, a great wine club focusing on Israeli […]

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Posted at 22:36h in Wine 101 by Avi 4 Comments I love how social media can be used to introduce people to Israeli wine. On my Twitter account (@hakerem – you arefollowing me, I presume), I found a wine blogger who was looking for some wine tips. Well, first we bonded over a few tweets about (the lack of) social media in the wine industry. Then, I suggested some Israeli wine — which she had never had before. Upon taking […]

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Posted at 12:45h in Wineries by Avi 1 Comment On Friday March 2nd 2012 it snowed in Yatir Forest. Yatir Forest is Israel’s largest planted forest. The vineyards of Yatir Winery lie within the forest at an elevation of 600 to 900 meters above sea level. Yatir Forest is the meeting place between the Judean Hills, Judean Desert and Negev desert. It is this unique terroir which contributes to the award winning wines produced by Yatir Winery.

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Posted at 23:01h in Wine industry by 1 Comment Israel is a world leader in high tech. Your computer’s firewall and the firewall that protects your home and corporate network was invented by an amazing Israeli company named CheckPoint. Your computer’s CPU is most likely an Intel chip that was significantly developed by Intel’s R&D centers in Israel. Your USB disk was invented in Israel.  Only America has more start-ups listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Israel is known as […]

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Posted at 09:46h in Wine industry by 0 Comments The Jerusalem Post reports that Dalton Winery is trying to “green” their winery and run a more environmentally-friendly operation. Wine already uses less water than traditional exports, like fruit. From the Post: Mar 18, 2009 15:19 By EHUD ZION WALDOKS The Dalton Winery in the upper Galilee has just purchased two solar arrays from the Sunday Solar Energy Company to produce 100 KW of electricity, Sunday announced Wednesday. The photovoltaic arrays […]

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Posted at 12:30h in Wine industry, Wines by Avi 0 Comments Globes is reporting that Israeli Wine Exports rose 10%. According to Globes: Israeli-made wine sales reached $220 million last year, of which $40 million was in exports. 2014 was another good year for Israel’s wine industry, according to figures published today by the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute. Exports of wine and spirits rose 10% last year to $40 million. The figures were announced today at the start of […]

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Posted at 14:40h in Events by 0 Comments This week is one of my favorite wine events of the year (although as I recently moved to a suburb of Tel Aviv, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it)… the Jerusalem wine festival at the Israel Museum! From Daniel Rogov’s post: The annual wine festival held in the sculpture garden of the Israel Museum has, since its inception six years ago, proven to be one of the most […]

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Posted at 19:53h in Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments It may not be Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, Decanter, or the Wine Spectator – all important industry publications that have recently covered or are about to cover Israeli wine – but there is a newspaper that just published an article about Israel’s Dalton Winery that I think is even more important. But, unless you live in Maryland (where, incidentally, Robert Parker is from – we both have the same alma […]

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Posted at 13:34h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments A consortium of investors headed by Benjamin Yeselzon and Jay Shottenstein has purchased a controlling share of Carmel Winery, Israel’s oldest commercial winery. A specially convened General Meeting of the wine growers, shareholders of the winery, approved the sale of a controlling interest in Carmel Winery by an overwhelming majority of over 90%. This follows the guideline recommended by the Board of Directors of Agudat Hacormim – SCV des Grandes […]

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