Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn are all the rage, but we’ve been covering Israeli wine on social media for over 3 years! Here are some great sources to discover Israeli wine on social media. What are your favorites? Support blue and white – become a fan of Israeli wine on Facebook. Tweet tweet. Check out Israeli wine on Twitter. The wineries are also in the act. Here are the wineries that I know to be on Facebook: What other sites are […]
Below is a table of just some of the more well-known wineries in Israel, although some wineries have not been included in this list. Winery Name Location Year Founded or Year of First Vintage Certified Kosher? Other Notes Agur Moshav Agur, Judean Plains 2000 Since 2007 vintage Alexander Moshav Beit Yitzchak, Sharon 1996 No Amphorae Mount Carmel 2000 No Released as Marvah in the United States Assaf Kidmat Tzvi, Golan Heights 2004 No Bottled under the Lili label for export […]
Posted at 19:35h in Events, Wine industry, Wines by Avi 0 Comments A unique gathering of international chefs came together in Jerusalem to cook a Gala Dinner, to honor Chef Shalom Kadosh. Two hundred people paid NIS 1,800 (nearly US$ 475 each) for a ticket for this unique and prestigious event. The proceeds went to Beit Issie Shapiro in Ra’anana, which cares for children and adults with disabilities. Chef Shalom Kadosh, 62, has been Executive Chef of the Sheraton Plaza […]
Posted at 12:02h in Wine industry, Wineries by 1 Comment Carmel Mizrahi Winery was founded in 1882 and is, 126 years later, Israel’s largest and most famous winery. While not the first winery in Israel, it is the most well known and for many years (and even today) often serves as the face for Israeli wine. This can be good or bad, depending on which wines you are looking at and whether you are looking at ‘the old Carmel’ or […]
Posted at 12:44h in Kosher by 0 Comments Gamliel Kronemer, the New York Jewish Week’s wine writer, has just released his Top 10 kosher wines for 2007. While missing out on many of the great non-certified Israeli wines (Flam, Margalit, Pelter, Clos de Gat, Odem Mountain [going certified starting with the 2007 vintages] and many more), about half the list is Israeli wines. Also, with rare exception, most of those wines are available in the US so he leaves out […]
Being the only winemaker at a winery making a million bottles of wine a year is enough work for any one man. For instance, one Israeli winery of a similar size employs three winemakers. Yet, Golan Tishbi likes challenges and keeping himself busy whether its building pizza ovens for the winery’s visitor center or tinkering on his own car or one of their delivery trucks, Golan like his father, Jonathan, is a hands on type of guy. Even as a […]
Posted at 08:40h in Wine industry by 0 Comments From the IsraelWines.co.il site: The Wine Advocate’s first generic tasting of Israeli wines resulted in a resounding success, which will encourage the whole industry. The Wine Advocate is the mouthpiece of Robert Parker, the world’s most powerful and influential wine critic. No less than 14 wines scored over 90 points. This has always been the mythical barrier between a good international class and a world class wine. Much to the frustration […]
I was happy to have the opportunity to attend the first (trade-only) day of IsraWine Expo and determined to take full advantage, arrived as early as possible for the opening press conference which included a talk by Adam Montefiore’s on the state of the Israeli…
Posted at 16:02h in Wine industry by Avi 0 Comments Israeli wine was recently featured in several international wine publications: Wine Enthusiast featured Recanati Shiraz 2010 (90 points) in their Top 100 Best Buys for 2012. Decanter Magazine’s November 2012 issue features an article on Israeli wine. …
Posted at 13:30h in Events by 0 Comments I just want to wish my readers in the United States a very happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday full of good cruelty-free food (Yes, I do miss the Tofurkey and saw a fascinating documentary Sunday night about how Jewish values support a vegetarian diet in order to be shomrei adama – guardians of the earth) and great wine – preferably from Israel. I leave you with this beautiful ad from the Golan […]
