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Ha’aretz’s Family Affair section in the weekend paper profiled Roy Yitzhaki, owner of Tulip Winery, last month. Yitzhaki, 30, started the winery while still in college (in his mid-20s), and also runs a marketing company with Saslove in Tel Aviv. Very interesting to see a…
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Golan Heights Winery is perhaps the best known large Israeli winery. They started the Israeli wine revolution and continue to lead the pack in quality. Daniel Rogov’s latest Israeli wine review in Ha’aretz is below. Wine and Spirits / Still at the forefront: Golan…
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Israeli wine is world class. Yes, we’ve heard this recently from the likes of Robert Parker, Mark Squires, Gary Vaynerchuk, Wine Spectator, Decanter, and other wine critics and trade publications. But I think they’ve all got it a bit wrong. Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not necessarily…
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The latest Ha’aretz review from Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov. This time, on what he calls good values in local wines. Note that all the prices are the Israeli local price and not abroad. Are the non-kosher wines available in the US beyond those carried…
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Israeli wine isracontact.com – wideo He speaks in French and Hebrew, so I only understood what Agur Winemaker Shuki Yashuv said in Hebrew, but for Francophiles, this is a little taste of Shuki Yashuv and Agur Winery. I had the pleasure of tasting Agur at the…
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This weekend is the little-known Jewish holiday of Tu B’Av, the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av. This unique holiday is not one marked by fasting, or extra praying, or lighting candles or other similar rituals. Rather, this day marks love and is celebrated…
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Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov’s latest wine review in Ha’aretz continues the last post of Carmel’s rise in quality and includes numerous great Israeli wines. Read the full review here or below: Wine and Spirits / Critics’ darling By Daniel Rogov In recent months Israeli wines have become…
Posted at 23:18h in Featured, Kosher, Wine industry by 4 Comments
Carmel’s quality revolution is not over. In the past few years, Carmel Winery has made serious changes in management, viticulture, and structure. They created new excellent top level wines including the Appellation series which provides great value-for-money and the Single Vineyard smash hits. Slowly and…
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These wines are all available for purchase in the United States via Israeli Wine Direct and in Israel at your local high class wine store!…
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I will be drinking the 2007 Yarden Gewurztraminer tonight with a Shabbat dinner of sushi. This light wine with a variety of foods and this unique varietal is grown in the Golan Heights’ volcanic soil. The 2007 Yarden Gewurztraminer displays an aromatic mix of characters: …
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Israeli wine made from the Barbera grape are becoming more and more popular. Several new wineries have been introducing this Mediterranean varietal into their wines. Originally seen only by Dalton and Recanati, Galil Mountain has also recently introduced an Israeli Barbara….
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Daniel Rogov is running a contest on his new forum “Rogov’s Place” if you can guess the 10 best Israeli wines that will show up in his 2009 book. I haven’t responded yet, but I want to run the same contest in this blog (only without…
