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The Zichron Ya’akov Ramat HaNadiv Wine Festival is returning on March 25-26 Come get a taste of the Carmel’s culinary wealth, and meet the creative folk behind the food scene at the first Winefest ever held in Ramat Hanadiv’s magnificent gardens. In early April, dozens of…
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Sommelier was covered by many Israeli TV news shows and media outlets (in Hebrew). Click on the links below (sorry, embedding is disabled) to watch the clips: Calcalist TV Walla! Channel 2 Channel 10…
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Sommelier in Calcalist TV (in Hebrew) …
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Sommelier 2015 has come and gone. Held yesterday and today, wineries from around the world poured hundreds of wines to members of the food and beverage industry, including top wine journalists and critics from Germany, France, India, the Netherlands, and Poland. One of the benefits of…
Israel’s Startup Winery, Jezreel Valley Winery, co-founded by high tech entrepreneur Jacob Ner-David and Yehuda Nahar, is looking for funding. Using a new innovative funding model called crowdfunding, they are giving supporters of Israel and lovers of wine an opportunity to contribute to building this new,…
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A conference on the subject of the Englishman, Sir Moses Montefiore, was held recently at Mishkenot Sha’ananim in Jerusalem. It was entitled: ‘Moses Montefiore: The Man Behind The Windmill’ and was attended by people from all over the world. The first lecture of the three day conference was given by Adam Montefiore, the first member of…
During the last five years, I’ve attended dozens of Israeli wine festivals. Now I even consult for a few festivals. Before I moved to Israel I helped start a wine festival for San Diego County’s wineries. After years of offering free…
The 2013 Tel Aviv Wine Festival will take place on May 28th to 30th at the Eretz Israel Museum (Haaretz Museum) 7-11PM featuring different musical acts each evening. Guests of the festival will enjoy tasting any of the 160 types of wine from 40 wineries…
The 3rd Annual Ra’anana Wine Festival is this week, Wednesday & Thursday at the scenic Park Ra’anana adjacent to the tranquil pond on the western end of the park.The Festivino group is hosting this year. Last year, the event attracted about 1,500 guests over two…
If you like white wines half as much as I do then you should stop by the last night of the 5th Annual White Festival at the Herzliya Marina. There is an amazing selection of Israeli and imported white wines, rosés and sparkling wines in…
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For the religiously observant who do not want to attend a wine festival that also has non-certified kosher wine, and a testament to the growing sophistication of even the more observant populations, a rival wine festival that consists of solely kosher wine is now also…
