Jerusalem Wine Festival 14, Jun 2009 Share The dates have just been released for the annual Jerusalem Wine Festival, held at the Israel Museum. I’ve previously written about the festival and it is always a joy to attend. This year, the festival is August 4-August 6 (Tuesday to Thursday) at the Israel Museum. In: Events Tags: Jerusalem Wine Festival
Barbera – Italian Wine becomes Israeli 29, Jul 2008 Share 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. Barbera is not known much outside of Italy, but it is one of […]
Rogov’s Reviews: Sophisticated Benyamina 9, Jul 2008 Share Daniel Rogov has a positive review of the Benyamina Winery in last week’s Ha’aretz. Benyamina is a large winery, often overlooked. It’s great to see that this Israeli winery is constantly improving. Wine and Spirits / Sophisticated Binyamina By Daniel Rogov That Binyamina winery is on the way up is beyond question. With far […]
10 Best Israeli Wines for 2009 27, Jul 2008 Share 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 the prizes). What do you think will be […]
Gary Vaynerchuk and Kevin Rose taste wine 3, Jul 2008 Share Check out this fascinating video with Gary Vaynerchuk and Kevin Rose of Digg giving the basics of wine tasting and wine tasting. Topics covered including corkscrews, decanting, wine fridges, and other topics. Check it out! In: Wineries Tags: Digg, Gary Vaynerchuk, Kevin Rose, Wine 2.0
A Decade of Israeli Wine 2000-2009 30, Dec 2009 Share I’ve written about Israeli wine from Biblical Times until the 1990s. Here’s Israeli wine from the last decade: Now is the time to look back at the 2000’s, as the first decade of the 21st century comes to a close. It was a very good decade for Israeli wines. The boutique boom that began […] In: Wine 101|Wine industry|Wineries|Wines Tags: Barkan, Binyamina, Carmel, Carmel Winery, Castel, Dalton, Daniel Rogov, Domaine […]
Learn To Love Carignan 17, Aug 2009 Share This is a guest post by Adam Montefiore, which was first published in www.wines-israel.com These were the words of an English wine journalist who visited Israel four times in the last 15 years and claimed to know to what was good for the Israeli wine industry. His parting advice was: “Learn to love Carignan. […]
Champagne method wine from Israel: Gamla Brut 10, Jul 2008 Share Israel boasts a new champagne (traditional) method sparkling wine from the Golan Heights Winery – the Gamla Brut. This sparkling Israeli wine has just appeared on the shelves – I first saw it on Sunday in Tel Aviv. The Gamla Brut N.V. is half pinot noir and half chardonnay – a common feature of […] Wine Advocate tastes Israeli wines … again 10, Jul 2008 Share Robert Parker’s Wine […]
