HaKerem: The Israeli Wine Blog

Posted at 22:30h in Wine 101, Wine industry, Wines by Avi 1 Comment Segal Argaman 2007 from Dovev Vineyard in the Upper Galilee, has won the equivalent of a Gold Medal at ‘Les Citadelles du Vins’ Competition held in Bordeaux, France. Argaman is a cross between Carignan and Souzao, a Portuguese variety. Avi Feldstein, winemaker of Segal Wines, produced a single vineyard wine from Argaman grapes grown in a vineyard in the Upper Galilee, which created new interest in the […]

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Posted at 14:31h in Wineries, Wines by Avi 1 Comment The following article was originally posted on wines-israel.com. It is reprinted with permission. Sparkling wine is the wine of fashion and celebration. Whether on New Year’s Eve or at a wedding, it remains the classic wine to make a toast with. It is also a symbol of success and happiness. The new ‘in’ wine in Israel is anything with bubbles. The many imported sparkling wines are generally covered by the […]

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Posted at 11:48h in Wine industry, Wineries by 1 Comment Carmel Winery has made a revolution in sparkling wine and added a new value-priced quality offering to the small Israeli sparkling wine market. They are abolishing the President’s Wine, a cheap (but refreshing) sparkler, and are introducing a new, higher quality offering. The Carmel Private Collection Brut, made using the charmat method (like many sparkling wines in Italy, but not the ‘traditional’ or ‘champagne’ method that many of us associate […]

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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 wine industry to the approximately 45 visiting foreign journalists, wine buyers and other professionals (for a more-or-less complete list of foreign attendees, see here: http://www.grape-man.com/content.asp?NavigationID=684&ContentID=6023) – quite interesting. It was great to have the opportunity […]

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Posted at 12:42h in Wineries by 1 Comment I do apologize that I am posting often about the same wineries – Recanati, Galil Mountain, Golan Heights, Yatir, etc. – and not paying enough attention to Pelter, Vitkin, Chateau Golan, Ella Valley, or some of the 100s of other Israeli wines, but certain wines are just so versatile. Such as two of my favorite wineries: Galil Mountain and Recanti. In fact, about a month ago, I was at an interesting French […]

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Posted at 15:31h in Wine industry by 0 Comments There are numerous events taking place in Israel, particularly near the Judean Hills, to celebrate the Israeli wine route. Israel is also an excellent wine tourism destination. Check out this article in ynetnews.com for more details.

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Posted at 11:07h in Events, Featured, Wineries by Avi 0 Comments The third edition of The Wine Route of Israel has been published by Cordinata. The book is the most comprehensive overview of the Israeli wine industry to date. This coffee table book contains over 250 pages in full color, with photographs of wineries, winemakers, vineyards and wines. It will be an excellent gift to the wine lover, the connoisseur and to those wishing to get to know the Israeli […]

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Posted at 12:06h in Wine industry by David Rhodes 0 Comments As someone who first started studying wine as a Geography student in college, I’m fond of wines that give homage to their terroir whether its the emphasis of a single vineyard from where the grapes are harvested or the altitude of the vineyard or in the case of the Ella Valley Winery’s new release, its latitude and longitude. As I also helped manage an auto parts store while working […]

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Posted at 17:54h in Wine industry by 0 Comments Will have much more to say about Golan Heights Winery (had some excellent wines from them last week), but in the meantime, here’s a picture I took last Monday of an Israeli flag flying over their steel barrels outside of their winery in Katzrin, on the Golan Heights.

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Posted at 19:14h in Kosher, Wine industry, Wineries by 0 Comments (For Daniel Rogov’s original posting, go here) Israeli wine critic Daniel Rogov is making his annual rounds and recently visited the kosher winery, Ella Valley Vineyards. I’ve previously written about the excellent wines from this Jerusalem-area vineyard and my previous visits. Note that the 2008 tastings were made from components, and so when it is released, check back for updated tasting notes as it can change between the component […]

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